Susan, the Giant Pacific Octopus (GPO), has died. The favorite animal of benefactor Susan Boyd, the eight-armed cephalopod ...

Susan, a giant octopus at Riverbanks Zoo & Garden in Columbia SC, has died, the zoo announced in a Facebook post. A new ...

An Amur tiger that entertained guests at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for nearly two ... “Winter was her favorite season in South Carolina, and she particularly enjoyed a rare snow day this ...

Koshka, a 19-year-old Amur or Siberian tiger, who was housed at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden, was euthanized this week after her health declined due to old age. 31,165 people played the daily ...

An Amur tiger that entertained guests at the Riverbanks Zoo and Garden for nearly two decades has died ... “Winter was her favorite season in South Carolina, and she particularly enjoyed a rare snow ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – A zoo in South Carolina’s capital city has been ranked among the country’s best. Riverbanks Zoo & Garden, located on 170 acres along the Saluda River just outside of ...

In our Inside Look stories, The State's journalists take you inside places around South Carolina that you maybe ... view on a familiar location. Riverbanks Zoo on Thursday showed off the first ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCBD) – Riverbanks Zoo and Garden is mourning the loss of a beloved male lion. The lion, Zuri, arrived at the Columbia-based Zoo in 2005 and has been a “cherished member of the ...

While the initial concept, known as the Columbia Zoo, didn’t manifest, the dream continued. In 1969, the South Carolina General Assembly created a legal authority, the Rich-Lex Riverbanks Park ...

A giraffe who lived at Columbia’s Riverbanks Zoo & Garden for more than a decade has died. “Our hearts are heavy as we announce the passing of giraffe Isabelle,” zoo officials said Sunday on ...

Less than a month ago, Columbia’s ... the the second phase of Riverbanks’ multi-year Bridge to the Wild plan to bring improvements to the zoo that is one of South Carolina’s leading tourist ...