Animals at the zoo have held several records, including the longest living American alligator in captivity at the time (at about 70 years of age), the fastest cheetah in captivity, and the largest Komodo dragon.
The zoo was the first in the United States to put an aye-aye on display, and after losing its last aye-aye in 1993, it finally acquired another in 2011 – a 6-year old transferred from the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina.

The zoo is one of only a dozen in North America to house and breed bonobos (also known as pygmy chimpanzees), an endangered species of the great apes.

On January 6 and 7, the zoo celebrated the birth of its first babies of 2020.
Two penguin chicks hatched, one each day.
   
In august of 2020 the cincinnati zoo finished the first part of there master plan " MORE HOME TO ROAM ".
they turned there old wildlife canyon exhibit into an exhibit called roo valley.
which has a new beer garden and restaurant, a big rope course over the habitat, and also provides a new bigger home for there little blue penguins.
and it also comes with 4 newer species to the zoo to.
Which are Red kangaroos, Western grey kangaroos, and living with the penguins are what look like Australian wood ducks, and black-eyed ducks.
Animals at the zoo have held several records, including the longest living American alligator in captivity at the time (at about 70 years of age), the fastest cheetah in captivity, and the largest Komodo dragon. The zoo was the first in the United States to put an aye-aye on display, and after losing its last aye-aye in 1993, it finally acquired another in 2011 – a 6-year old transferred from the Duke Lemur Center in North Carolina.
The zoo is one of only a dozen in North America to house and breed bonobos (also known as pygmy chimpanzees), an endangered species of the great apes.
On January 6 and 7, the zoo celebrated the birth of its first babies of 2020. Two penguin chicks hatched, one each day.    
In august of 2020 the cincinnati zoo finished the first part of there master plan " MORE HOME TO ROAM ". they turned there old wildlife canyon exhibit into an exhibit called roo valley. which has a new beer garden and restaurant, a big rope course over the habitat, and also provides a new bigger home for there little blue penguins. and it also comes with 4 newer species to the zoo to. Which are Red kangaroos, Western grey kangaroos, and living with the penguins are what look like Australian wood ducks, and black-eyed ducks.
Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden