Jan. 25, 2026, 12:05 a.m. ET If you went to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden every single day of the year, starting on Jan. 1, with the sole goal of visiting one species per day, you'd have finally reached that goal just before year's end. That's because there are 346 species at our zoo. But that's a lot of visits. And even at that, you would likely not meet all the animals. That's because there are 1,270 individuals – not including fish and invertebrates – who live at the zoo.