Building a Bright Future
At the end of the 2021-2022 school year, fifth graders from the National Inventors Hall of Fame STEM School completed a project to design enrichment for several species at the Akron Zoo. These…
Read MoreYoung and the Flightless Episode 6
It's the season finale of The Young and the Flightless, and it's our most dramatic episode ever! It's starts with a brother bromance, which turns into a brother-sister romance when one of the…
Read MoreYoung and the Flightless Episode 5
How many people can say they have a penguin boyfriend? Keeper Vicky can! In the next episode of The Young and the Flightless, Keeper Vicky shares tales of her "penguin boyfriends" over the years.…
Read MoreYoung and the Flightless Episode 4
Everyone loves a good nap, but some of our penguins take napping to the next level! On Episode 4 of The Young and the Flightless, Keeper Vicky shares about the penguins who love to "pool nap" and…
Read MoreYoung and the Flightless Episode 3
What's in a name? Well, for our penguins, a lot of thought goes into choosing each penguin's name. A few of the penguins have some funny stories behind their names... Who is named after a rock? Is…
Read MoreYoung and the Flightless Episode 2
Have you ever wondered who the most dramatic penguin is at the Akron Zoo? In Episode 2 of our penguin soap opera, The Young and the Flightless, that honor has been been given to Ernie, our penguin…
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