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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 ...

Over 70k attended Riverbanks Zoo holiday lights show. See it before it’s gone

The Riverbanks Zoo and Garden shows a preview of Wild Lights on Thursday, November 14, 2024. The handmade lanterns in the ...
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Susan, the Giant Pacific Octopus at Riverbanks Zoo, has died

COLUMBIA, S.C. — One of the popular animals on exhibit at Riverbanks Zoo has passed. Susan, the Giant Pacific Octopus (GPO), has died. The favorite animal of benefactor Susan Boyd, the eight-armed ...