Operant Conditioning

Zookeepers at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden work hard to build trust with the animals in their care. By […]

Summer is here and so is the heat! Humans stay cool by sweating, but animals are equipped to handle the […]

Erin Curry, PhD. CREW/Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, Cincinnati, OH Michelle Shero, PhD. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, […]

By: Theresa Clyatt-Larson, Victoria McGee, and David Orban When you visit the doctor, you typically get a blood pressure reading. […]

Henry, the 30-year-old Sumatran orangutan that has lived at the Cincinnati Zoo since 2011, is a great ape (in every way)! […]

Kris and Remus have been maturing into great ambassadors over the past few months. They are currently training to be […]

The African savannah habitat is welcoming an exciting new resident, Walter the warthog! In order to set Walter up for […]

“Susie, King Tut, Penelope, Hatari, Mahari, Samantha, Sam, Timu, Colossus, Jomo, Gladys, Mona and Elle”.  The list of names goes […]

Plasma from father-to-be Faru banked to help calf if needed CINCINNATI, OH  (June 16, 2017) –  Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s black […]

200 Animal Care Professionals Gather to Share Best Practices Last week the Cincinnati Zoo hosted the annual Animal Behavior Management Alliance ( […]

Training, or operant conditioning, is an important part of the care that all the animals at the Cincinnati Zoo receive. […]