This week in Akron history, canal commission awarded contracts, workers installed pipes, motorists bought maps and ...

Events include Music in the Valley, Ohio Shakespeare Festival, Akron Big Band, Wizardly Weekend and concerts galore.

The rare bloom at Stan Hywet Hall and Gardens smells like rotting meat — and it only lasts a few days. CLEVELAND — The smell ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) – The Akron Zoo welcomed its newest resident on Friday afternoon. Parker, one of the Akron Zoo’s white-cheeked gibbons, gave birth to a baby gibbon at 4:20 p.m., officials ...

AKRON, Ohio — The Akron Zoo has announced the birth of a baby white-cheeked gibbon, a critically endangered species. According to a release, the zoo’s adult female gibbon, Parker, gave birth ...

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - Celebrate Father’s Day with your papa bear at the Akron Zoo! The zoo is offering free admission for all dads and grandpas on June 15.

AKRON, Ohio (WOIO) - With a week of high temperatures ahead, the Akron Zoo is taking steps to help animals beat the heat. The Akron Zoo said this includes enrichment, including sprinklers, pools ...

Employees at the Akron Zoo are doing what they can to help keep their animals cool as extreme heat hits Northeast Ohio.

The Ohio Department of Commerce Division of Financial Institutions has selected eight organizations across the state to receive a combined total of $50,000 through its Financial Literacy Education ...

CODY, Wyo. — The Wyoming Game and Fish Department gave two grizzly bear cubs to Ohio zoos early Wednesday morning. Animal managers from the Cleveland Metroparks and Akron zoos drove to Cody ...

The Akron Zoo welcomed a new baby gibbon on Friday A white-cheeked gibbon is a lesser ape species that is also critically endangered They will be holding a naming contest at a later date. The zoo ...