Potter’s Blog

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…

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…

When you have a penguin colony as large as ours, drama is inevitable. We often feel that the lives of our Humboldt penguins are quite the soap opera, so we decided to bring it to life! Welcome to…

Members of the Akron Zoo’s Horticulture Team can identify a wide variety of trees and plants in our park, and sometimes even your yards. Of the many tree species, evergreens (also known as conifers)…

Of all the cats in the Americas, jaguars are the largest. In fact, they are the third biggest cat in the world behind tigers and lions. Jaguars are an umbrella species for biodiversity conservation,…

At the Akron Zoo, we work hard to connect your life to wildlife through lifelong learning. Many people don’t know that the Akron Zoo is home to all kinds of STEM-based programs. STEM programming…