News

Brew at the Akron Zoo to include samples of beer and wine, mocktails, food trucks, animatronic dinosaurs this weekend.
This article originally appeared on Akron Beacon Journal: Patricia Simmons, former director of Akron Zoo, passes away after 5 ...
SUMMIT COUNTY, Ohio (WOIO) -The elderly male lion at the Akron Zoo has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease and is under treatment, according to Akron Zoo officials. Tamarr, who will turn 20 on ...
Akron Zoo officials say they do not yet know the gender of the newborn ape since it is still bonding with its mom.
The work on the habitat is expected to begin after the Fourth of July weekend. Spokesperson Elena Bell said Tai Lung will ...
The North Carolina Zoo announced on Monday that its director and CEO, Pat Simmons, has died after a five-year battle with ...
ASHEBORO, N.C. (WTVD) -- The North Carolina Zoo announced the passing of its longtime Director and CEO, Pat Simmons, who battled cancer for almost five years. According to the Zoo, Simmons was the ...
AKRON, Ohio — The Akron Zoo has announced the birth of a baby white-cheeked gibbon, a critically endangered species. According to a release, the zoo’s adult female gibbon, Parker, gave birth ...
AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Akron Zoo’s snowy owls, Frost and Cirrus, welcomed three snowy owlets in July. The family of vulnerable-to-extinction birds are housed in private bedrooms at the zoo’s ...
AKRON, Ohio -- The Akron Zoo's new certification as sensory inclusive could make a big difference for zoo visitors who struggle with autism or stress triggered by crowds, loud noises, and lights.
AKRON, Ohio (AP) — They say there’s an inner artist hidden inside of everyone.The Akron Zoo is proving there’s an inner artist inside of everything.Whether it hisses, hops, flutters or ...
An elderly male lion at the Akron Zoo, described as a “staple icon” has been diagnosed with chronic kidney disease, the zoo announced over the weekend.