ABC Columbia

Tyler’s Travels: A chilly encounter at Riverbanks Zoo

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO)– Chilly encounter ahead: You can go behind the scenes at Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for an up close ...

Take an inside-look at Columbia’s favorite holiday lighting displays

Columbia has many opportunities for people to get in the holiday spirit. The three largest shows include the Holiday Lights ...
Cola Daily

Where to see holiday lights around the Midlands

Rudolph’s nose is not the only thing lighting up the night this holiday season. From parades to attractions, you can get your ...
ABC Columbia

Local Living: Holiday Lights On The River, Wild Lights, Fireflies Holiday Lights, Breakfast with Santa

Holiday Lights On The River is open nightly from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Saluda Shoals Park through December 31. You and the ...

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.
KOIN 6

Oregon Zoo releases lab turtles in the Columbia River Gorge

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Nineteen northwestern pond turtles have been growing in the Oregon zoo’s lab, and now they’re heading back to nature. Conservationists took the endangered turtles to ponds ...
KGW8

Pika patrol: Volunteers sought to spot potato-sized creatures in the Columbia River Gorge

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. — In the Columbia River Gorge, between Angel’s Rest and Viento State Park, you might just hear a faint squeak echoing from the rocks. That sound? It could be a pika — a small, ...
EurekAlert!

It’s a quantum zoo out there, and Columbia just found a dozen new “species”

There are a seemingly endless number of quantum states that describe quantum matter and the strange phenomena that emerge when large numbers of electrons interact. For decades, many of these states ...
The Times and Democrat

Beloved and rare, endangered tiger dies at Riverbanks Zoo in Columbia, SC, keepers say

An Amur tiger that entertained guests at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for nearly two decades has died, zookeepers announced. Koshka, a 19-year-old Amur, or Siberian, tiger, was euthanized this week ...
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 ...
Columbia Missourian

Robotics fair and robot petting zoo to be held Sunday

Community members and children can immerse themselves in robotics this weekend at a Robotics Information Fair and Robot Petting Zoo. From 2 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday at the Columbia Public Library, 100 W.
WIS TV

Columbia firefighters help giraffes at Riverbanks Zoo

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Firefighters with the Columbia-Richland Fire Department (CRFD) went by Riverbanks Zoo Thursday for an unconventional visit to help some four-legged friends! The first shift crew ...