Martha's warmth and loyalty cultivated a wide circle of friends, from her days at Mrs. Lande's nursery school to her recent volunteer work at the Cincinnati Zoo.

Blank Park Zoo's newest addition is a ton of fun. Literally. Ajani Joe — known as AJ — is a 4-year-old, 2,300-pound eastern black rhinoceros who comes to Des Moines from the Cincinnati Zoo ...

Blank Park Zoo's newest addition is a ton of fun. Literally.Ajani Joe — known as AJ — is a 4-year-old, 2,300-pound eastern black rhinoceros who comes to Des Moines from the Cincinnati Zoo ...

Once the most abundant bird in North America, the last known passenger pigeon, named Martha, died in 1914 at the Cincinnati Zoo.

The others were torn down in the 1970s. One was preserved as a memorial to Martha, the last passenger pigeon in existence, who died at the Cincinnati Zoo in 1914.

Martha was later donated to the Cincinnati Zoo. In 1900, these three populations were essentially all that was left of a species that may have made up as much as 40 percent of the North American ...

The Cincinnati Zoo ranked No. 5 among America's best zoos in the 2025 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards by USA TODAY, announced Wednesday. It, however, slid slightly after ranking No. 2 in 2024.

The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden celebrates its 150th anniversary with new habitats and events as it reflects on its history and contributions to wildlife conservation.

"Martha," the world’s last surviving passenger pigeon, died at the zoo in 1914. The Cincinnati Summer Opera, known as the Zoo Opera, began at the zoo in 1920.

Opening on Sept. 18, 1873, as the Cincinnati Zoological Garden, the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden is the second-oldest zoo in North America and will celebrate it's 150th anniversary of opening ...

On Wednesday, Dec. 4, the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden announced that the facility welcomed two new cheetah cubs, Zola and Lulu. In a press release, the zoo revealed that the two babies ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - A Cincinnati Zoo employee was hospitalized on Friday morning after an animal bit the staff member’s thumb, zoo officials confirmed. The incident happened in the Jungle Trails ...