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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

Three miles from my home in upper Manhattan, the Bronx Zoo and New York Botanical Garden are tempting Father’s Day destinations. But this year I’ll give them a second thought — both city ...

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

A baby vulture at the Bronx Zoo is being fed not by another bird but by hand puppet — a decades-old technique used to ensure the chick doesn’t identify too closely with its human handlers.

1 of 2 This photo, provided by the Wildlife Conservation Society, shows a Matschie's tree kangaroo joey that made its first appearance from its mother's pouch at New York's Bronx Zoo, last ...

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 ...