Post and Courier

Gatorade, mud baths, giant popsicles. Here's how animals at Riverbanks Zoo keep cool in a heat wave.

COLUMBIA — With temperatures soaring into triple digits across the Midlands this week, most folks have been hiding out from the heat wave indoors, preferably with access to air conditioning. Over at ...

Never too soon: 4 places in Columbia to see holiday lights before Thanksgiving

Start the holiday season this weekend. Venues across the Columbia area will begin their holiday lights shows this weekend.
Post and Courier

Columbia's Riverbanks Zoo has a new koala. His name is Milo and he's on a mission to make more.

COLUMBIA — Milo the Koala would love nothing more than to spend most of the day sleeping on a branch and munching on his favorite treat of eucalyptus leaves. But this furry marsupial was recruited to ...
WLTX19

What do you call a baby wallaby? It's up to you to choose the name, says Riverbanks Zoo

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Over at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, a Tammar wallaby joey is out of the pouch and the zoo says they want your help in naming him! The parents, Simone and Bandit, arrived at Riverbanks in ...
The Times and Democrat

The History of Riverbanks Zoo

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is one of the most successful mid-sized zoos in the United States. Since opening in April 1974, Riverbanks has won a number of awards for exhibit design, breeding programs ...