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CREW Plant Lab is Cracking the Nut of Oak Conservation
CREW’s Plant Division has spent the last year trying to crack the nut of oak conservation! In August of 2022, […]
Saving Species Tall and Small
The Cincinnati Zoo is home to 90 endangered species & is involved in more than 30 different field conservation projects around the […]
Zoos Helping Local Flora and Fauna Conservation
American burying beetle, Bowyer Farm, Conservation, CREW, Horticulture, Plant Research, Pollinators,
Accredited Zoos around the country are doing important work for local flora and fauna conservation, including the Cincinnati Zoo! Here […]
Happy Earth Day 2022!
Community, Conservation, Field conservation, Horticulture, News, Plant Research, Plants, Pollinators, Saving Species, Sustainability,
At a recent gardening event at the Rockdale Urban Learning Garden, employees and volunteers from the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical […]
2020 Caladium Trials at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden
We all want to forget 2020 and move on from its tumultuous tendrils. But let’s focus on the positives. It […]
Reforestation with Pines & Pollinators
Community, Conservation, Education, Horticulture, Plant Research, Plants, Pollinators, Zoo Volunteers,
The Cincinnati Zoo’s Family Community Service program is back in action at Cowan Lake State Park. Families and volunteers […]
Loud Voices & Tiny Bodies: FrogWatch
Bowyer Farm, Community, Conservation, Education, Horticulture, Plant Research, Plants, Pollinators, Zoo Volunteers,
Spring peeper, northern leopard, eastern spadefoot – these all may sound like rock band names, but they are actually names of […]
Restoring Native Wildlife with Oak Trees
“Oaks are the quintessential wildlife plants: no other plant genus supports more species of Lepidoptera (butterflies and moths), thus providing […]
Multiple Monarch Generations Make 3000-Mile Migration Every Year!
Birds, Conservation, Field conservation, Horticulture, Plant Research, Plants, Pollinators, Saving Species,
The orange and black of the Monarch Butterfly is a beautiful part of our summer gardens and we are a […]
100 Trees Planted in Earth’s Underground Internet
Community, Conservation, Education, Field conservation, Horticulture, News, Plant Research, Plants, Saving Species, Sustainability, Zoo Volunteers,
Can you imagine what trees would say to one another if they could speak? Trees do talk to one another, […]
Zoo Staff Passion Projects Awarded Conservation Grants: Oh, the Places the Zoo Goes!
African Painted Dog, Birds, Conservation, CREW, Education, Field conservation, Keepers, News, Orangutans, Plant Research, Plants, Primates, Saving Species,
The Zoo partners with conservation organizations across the globe to save wildlife. As part of this effort, Zoo staff members […]
Black Walnut Embryos Revive After 23 Years on Ice
Reprinted from CREW Review Fall 2016 CREW’s Exceptional Signature Plant Project focuses on species for which traditional seed banking is […]
A Case Study to Conserve Trillium: Can The Seeds Survive Drying?
Guest blogger: Courtney Dvorsky, CREW Plant Lab Intern Growing up in Cincinnati, my love for conservation research grew each time […]
CREW Plant Lab Intern Helps Save Endangered Oaks
Guest blogger: Christina Del Greco, CREW Plant Lab Intern Hi! My name is Christina Del Greco. I’m a college […]
Say Cheese! Plant Movement Revealed Through Time-Lapse Photography
The Plant Division at CREW is now using time-lapse photography to capture the growth of plants in vitro. Using a […]
CREW Joins the Race for Plant Survival
Guest blogger: Suzanne Yorke, CREW Research Lab Assistant Plant conservation work at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden’s Center […]
One Year After First Outplanting of CREW Propagated Ferns in Florida
Florida has more fern species than any other state in the mainland United States, and CREW is working with partners […]
Saving Animals in the Wild: The Zoo’s Top Field Conservation Efforts of 2014
Birds, Conservation, CREW, Gorillas, Horticulture, Lion Conservation, News, Plant Research, Primates, Saving Species, Sumatran Rhino,
Happy New Year! As we look back on 2014, let’s reflect on some of the Zoo’s significant contributions to […]
CREW Plant Scientists Pull Plants Out of Deep Freeze
Excellent article by Cincinnati Enquirer’s John Johnston features work that scientists at our Center for Conservation and Research of […]