A decorative cake honors Riverbanks Zoo and Gardens' 50-year anniversary Friday, April 26, 2024. The zoo opened to the public on April 25, 1974. (Skylar Laird/SC Daily Gazette) COLUMBIA — When ...

Less than a month ago, Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo opened the new, multimillion-dollar Darnall W. and Susan F. Boyd Aquarium and Reptile Conservation Center to great fanfare, with a ribbon-cutting ...

Discover dates, prices and activities for Columbia, SC's Holiday Lights on the River, Wild Lights at Riverbanks and Fireflies ...

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

COLUMBIA — Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is a medium-size zoo that attracts big-zoo crowds — with a reputation to match. Riverbanks has become the busiest zoo operating between Washington, D.C., Miami and ...

Riverbanks Zoo and Garden officially has no elephants. An African elephant named Belle, the last inhabitant at the Columbia zoo’s elephant exhibit, was moved to her new home Wednesday. The 38-year-old ...

COLUMBIA — Tommy Stringfellow, Riverbanks Zoo and Garden's second in command for the past five years, was named the attraction's president Wednesday. He succeeds Satch Krantz, who retired in June ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden in Columbia is mourning the loss the zoo’s first infant gorilla. The infant gorilla was born in the breech position Thursday morning. "Our staff is ...

(Columbia) July 10, 2003 - Breeders at Riverbanks Zoo have earned their stripes, so to speak. As of Thursday visitors are able to take a look at the Columbia zoo's Siberian tiger cubs. Zoo-goers are ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The City of Columbia has experienced an overflow of sanitary sewer at two locations near Riverbanks Zoo & Gardens in Richland County on Jan. 2-3, 2021. Initial reports of an overflow ...