The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium celebrates its first puggle, a baby short-beaked echidna, born in December 2025.

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium needs your help to name its baby giraffe. Here's how you can vote.

The Columbus Zoo is seeking nearly $1 million from the city of Columbus to help repair its aging sewer system infrastructure.

Wildlights at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium returns for its 38th year, bringing one of Central Ohio’s most treasured holiday traditions to life with exciting new experiences for guests of all ages.

Wildlights returns for its 38th year in November, bringing traditional displays while offering new attractions.

POWELL, Ohio — The Lantern Festival returns to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium on Thursday. The festival debuted at the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium recently welcomed a “bright little bundle of orange” to its animal family. In an announcement on Tuesday, the zoo introduced a new female silvered langur ...

The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium is flipping the switch on its annual holiday light spectacular, with Wildlights set to run from Nov. 20, 2026, through Jan. 3, 2027, lighting up the zoo grounds seven ...

An endangered eastern hellbender salamander temporarily halted a road construction project in eastern Ohio. The salamander was safely relocated to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium while the project was ...

Worthington Enterprises, Worthington Steel and The McConnell Foundation have committed $10 million to support the future John F. Wolfe Aquarium, The Wilds and conservation programs at the Columbus Zoo ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WKEF) –Visitors to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium have some new faces to meet in the manatee habitat.James Gentzel, a wild encounters specialist at ...