The World of Darkness first opened in 1969 as one of the first major exhibits in the world to introduce the public to ...

The Bronx Zoo is re-opening a nocturnal experience called the World of Darkness on Saturday, July 12. The exhibit features 25 ...

Inside the efforts to bring down a drug operation that led to shootings in the Bronx and a fatal overdose hundreds of miles ...

Nearby, a red-rumped agouti — a South American rodent that looks like a large, long-legged guinea pig — scuttled behind a tree trunk. A few feet away, an Arabian sand cat put its paw inside a log to ...

Platypus diplomacy by Australia to woo foreign countries caused intrigue and headlines. But it didn’t always end well for the ...

First opened in 1899, the Bronx Zoo has been a top destination for local NYC families, tourists, and animal lovers of all ...

In 1996, a 3-year-old boy tumbled 24 feet into a gorilla enclosure at an Illinois zoo. Then, a Western Lowland Gorilla named ...

A peacock remained on the lam Thursday after escaping from the Bronx Zoo and biting a man who thought he must've been the one flying high.

Last Saturday was the International Vigil for Elephants — a day to remember elephants who died in captivity in the past year. Fortunately, the two elephants in the Bronx Zoo are still alive, … ...

The Bronx Zoo is opening the new World of Darkness featuring 25 nocturnal species on Saturday, July 12.

A rare tree kangaroo born in The Bronx at the end of December has finally come out of the marsupial pouch. The tiny Matschie’s tree kangaroo, considered endangered by International Union for ...

The Bronx Zoo reopened its World of Darkness exhibit on July 10, 2025. The 13,000-square-foot space features 25 nocturnal species in lifelike habitats. Visitors can explore unique adaptations of ...