Recent posts for Cincinnati Zoo Blog
Penelope Goes to Knoxville
I’m traveling back to Cincinnati from The Knoxville Zoo with Dawn, our head nursery and quarantine keeper. About 9 months ago, Dawn got to hand raise our three bat eared foxes, Frankie, George and Penelope. My first blog for the Zoo was about training...
Posted: 2/9/2013 4:10 PM
American Burying Beetles
The American burying beetle (ABB) was listed as a federally endangered species in 1989. It was once found across 35 different states and 3 provinces, but is now only known to occur in just 10% of that range. The precise reason for the beetles’ decline...
Posted: 2/8/2013 3:36 PM
Insects, Hellbenders and Opossums: A Zoo Academy Story
Hi, my name is Beth Knox and I’m a Zoo Academy student. I’ve experienced a lot of amazing things here at the Zoo. My favorite species here are insects and reptiles. I’m very fortunate to work in the Insectarium as a guard/interpreter. It’s cool to get...
Posted: 2/4/2013 1:01 PM
Who would have thought a pig could steal your heart?!
I think you need some background on our “three little pigs” before I can just tell you about my latest training session with our Mini Juliana Pigs, Cinder, Magnolia, and Thatcher. Eunice, a keeper in the Children’s Zoo, asked me one day for some ideas...
Posted: 1/31/2013 11:43 PM
Polar Bear Challenge
Several weeks ago, Dr. Terri Roth, Vice President of Conservation and Science, at the Cincinnati Zoo’s Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife (CREW), mentioned that she would like to try giving “Berit”, the Zoo’s female polar bear,...
Posted: 1/25/2013 3:37 PM
Sifakas Work for Peanuts
Part of my job at the Cincinnati Zoo is to help create training programs or protocols with the keepers. Three times a week I get to visit one of my favorite species, the sifakas, and their keepers Matt and Stephanie in Jungle Trails! When Matt, Stephanie...
Posted: 1/18/2013 12:36 PM
Graduation is like Celebration, only with different letters at the front
WHEW! That was a wild 2.5 years! Can you believe that the Zoo just had its first two students earn their Master’s Degrees through our Advanced Inquiry Program (AIP)? We’re talking honest-to-goodness graduate students earning bona fide Master’s Degrees...
Posted: 1/16/2013 4:12 PM
Teaching Bat-eared Foxes New Behaviors
Frankie and George, sibling Bat Eared Foxes born 4-9-12, have very different personalities. Frankie is a very smart girl that loves to train and learn new behaviors. George, on the other hand, would much rather play and be scratched than learn new behaviors...
Posted: 1/9/2013 1:40 PM
Calling All Artists!
The Regional Stormwater Collaborative and the Cincinnati Zoo have teamed up for one exciting event – “Saving Rain for a Sunny Day” – an Ohio River Valley rain barrel painting event. Both the Regional Stormwater Collaborative and the Cincinnati Zoo are...
Posted: 12/17/2012 11:30 AM
Learning from Elephants, Cheetahs, and King Snakes
Another great post from a Zoo Academy student guest blogger: Hello, I am Brian Garcia. I am a Zoo Academy senior. The Zoo Academy is a high school program offered through Hughes STEM High School for Upper Classmen. In the morning, the juniors are at the...
Posted: 12/10/2012 11:50 AM
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