COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Riverbanks Zoo and Garden announced Thursday the death of its Giant Pacific Octopus named Susan. The zoo said its veterinary and animal teams have worked together over ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Yesterday was a sad day for fans of the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden as they said goodbye to one of their Amur Tigers who lived a remarkable 20 years.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has received two separate recognitions from a national publication. The zoo announced they have been featured in two categories of USA Today’s ...

The Cincinnati Zoo ranked among the best zoos, botanical gardens, zoo exhibits and zoo memberships in America.

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.

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A hippopotamus that was one of the first animals at Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo and Garden has died. Zoo officials said Wednesday that Montgomery the hippo had several chronic ...

A female pygmy hippopotamus was born at the Metro Richmond Zoo Dec. 9, the zoo announced Christmas Eve. The public is now invited to vote on her name.

CHESTERFIELD, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia welcomed a baby hippopotamus just in time for Christmas. The Richmond Metro Zoo announced on Dec. 24 the birth of a baby pygmy hippopotamus ...

Pygmy hippos are the world's smallest species of hippo, and listed as endangered on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List.When they were last assessed globally in ...

Every day for the last few weeks, thousands of people have made their way to Khao Kheow Open Zoo in Thailand. On one recent weekend, around 20,000 people visited to see the two-month old mammal ...

Zuri had come to Riverbanks in 2005 from a zoo in Kansas. Lions are considered apex predators in Africa, with males growing to more than 500 pounds , according to National Public Radio.

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is mourning the loss of a beloved male lion. The lion, Zuri, arrived at the Columbia-based Zoo in 2005 and has been a “cherished member of the ...