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Bronx Zoo Debuting New World of Darkness This Summer with Nocturnal Species from Around the World
Bronx, NY, May 20, 2025 – The Bronx Zoo is opening the new World of Darkness featuring 25 nocturnal species on Saturday, July 12. The World of Darkness invites Bronx Zoo visitors to explore a nocturnal experience highlighting over 20 different habitats including tropical forests, wetlands, deserts, caves, and subterranean environments. Some of the featured species include sloths, pygmy slow loris, broad-snouted caiman, aye-aye, sand cats, naked mole rats, vampire bats and many other spe...
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Brew at the Zoo Returns to the Bronx Zoo Friday, June 13
BRONX, N.Y. — May 8, 2025 — There’s no other party like Brew at the Zoo at the Bronx Zoo – and the annual event is back and better than ever. Brew at the Zoo returns on Friday, June 13th from 6PM - 11PM for an evening celebration that offers guests the unique experience of sampling beer, wine and food truck fare, while playing games, enjoying live music, spending time with favorite wildlife, and dancing the night away, set against the backdrop of historic zoo grounds. ...
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 Bronx Zoo Uses Innovative Technique to Hand-Raise a King Vulture Chick with a Puppet
New York, April 29, 2025 – A king vulture chick at the Bronx Zoo is being hand-raised using a technique developed more than 40 years ago which helps prevent the young bird from imprinting on humans. The chick, hatched February 25, is being hand-raised to ensure its successful development as some vulture parents can be neglectful toward their chicks. This king vulture chick’s genetics are valuable to the king vulture zoo population as its father, who is 55 years old,...
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At the WCS Run for the Wild Sponsored by Montefiore Einstein:  More than 5,000 Made Tracks for the Conservation of Critically Endangered Indian Gharial and Other Wildlife
BRONX, NY, April 26, 2025 — More than 5,000 runners and walkers made tracks today to support the conservation of Critically Endangered Indian Gharial and other wildlife at the WCS Run for the Wild at the Bronx Zoo. The Wildlife Conservation Society’s run, in its 17th year, was sponsored by Montefiore Einstein. Since the run debuted at the Bronx Zoo in 2009, more than 85,000 people have participated. Each year, the WCS Run for the Wild is dedicated to an animal to rais...
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WCS’s Run for the Wild at the Bronx Zoo Is This Saturday, April 26
BRONX, N.Y., April 22, 2025 — The 17th Annual WCS Run for the Wild is this Saturday, April 26, at the Bronx Zoo. This year’s event is inspired by the critically endangered Indian gharial and will help support the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) work at the Bronx Zoo and around the world in protecting gharials and other wildlife. To register go HERE. What: WCS Run for the Wild A 5K race for individual runners; casual runners and walkers can take pa...
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Bronx Zoo’s Dinosaur Safari Is Back! New Animatronics and Hands-On Fun for Dino-Lovers of All Ages
BRONX, N.Y. — March 6, 2025 — Something BIG is coming this spring to New York, as Dinosaur Safari returns with a roar to the Bronx Zoo! Guests will get up close with some of the largest animals to ever walk the Earth, including more than 60 life-size animatronic dinosaurs and pterosaurs, as Dinosaur Safari opens to the public on Saturday, April 12. Tickets are now on sale at BronxZoo.com/Dino. Dinosaur Safari is a beloved tradition and immersive walkthrough experience at the Bronx...
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Alfred P. Sloan Foundation President Adam F. Falk Named President and CEO of the Wildlife Conservation Society
New York, Feb. 18, 2025 – The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) has named Adam F. Falk as its next President and CEO. He will begin in the role at WCS on July 1.  Falk has served since 2018 as President of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, which makes grants to support research in the sciences and social sciences, the health of the higher education ecosystem, and the public understanding of science and technology. He served previously as President of Williams College and befor...
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Bronx Zoo Kicks Off 2025 With Debut of Silvered Langur Baby
BRONX, N.Y. — February 6, 2025 — A silvered langur baby, with a striking orange-colored coat, is debuting at the Bronx Zoo as it kicks off 2025. The silvered langur baby, born in November 2024, can now be seen by guests in the JungleWorld exhibit. The Bronx Zoo has one of the largest breeding groups of silvered langurs (Trachypithecus cristatus) in North America. There have been over 100 silvered langurs born at the Bronx Zoo since 1985 when JungleWorld opened. The Wildlife Conser...
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Say It With a Hiss: ‘Name a Roach’ Returns to the Bronx Zoo This Valentine’s Day
BRONX, N.Y. — January 16, 2025 — Who needs roses and chocolates for Valentine’s Day when you can have a cockroach? Today, the Bronx Zoo announced that the popular, annual Name-a-Roach tradition returns this Valentine’s Day season to allow donors to symbolically name a Bronx Zoo Madagascar hissing cockroach after a loved one, or a not so loved one. The zoo’s cockroaches are located in the Madagascar! exhibit. For a $15 donation, guests will receive a digital certi...
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WCS Releases Its 10 Favorite Wildlife Images of 2024, Highlighting Amazing Animal Stories
New York, December 20, 2024 – The Wildlife Conservation Society releases its ten favorite wildlife images of 2024, highlighting amazing wildlife stories. Five of the images come from WCS’s zoos and aquarium in New York, and five images are from WCS Global taken by WCS staff working around the world. WCS operates five wildlife parks in New York City, the Bronx Zoo, New York Aquarium, Central Park Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and Queens Zoo, and works in over 50 countries saving wildl...
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