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 ...

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 ...

See the animals at the Bronx Zoo is ranked #32 out of 38 things to do in New York City. ... the Bronx Zoo is open Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on weekends until 5:30 p.m.

The Bronx Zoo was named the No. 2 “worst” zoo for elephants as animal activists say its famed trunked resident “Happy” is one pouty pachyderm that should be released to a sanctuary.

BRONX, N.Y. (PIX11) – Did you know that The Bronx Zoo offers a unique opportunity to meet wild animals up close? Their Wild Encounters programs allow New Yorkers and tourists to personally meet ...

The Bronx Zoo will debut a new exhibit about nocturnal animals next summer "World of Darkness" will be a fascinating journey into the animal kingdom.

Supervisor Kira Babuska helps bring visitors and animals face-to-face. She calls "Wild Encounters "a special experience that you can add to your day at the zoo.

Ugliest animal in The Bronx, according to Messrs. Ditmars & Bridges, is Clarence, the wart hog, whose keeper stoutly defends him as “the nicest animal in the zoo.” Rarest animal is the new ...

Two recently-arrived Mangshan pit vipers, one of the world’s rarest and most colorful species of snake, are just a subway ride away in the Bronx. The new hatchlings were born this past Aug. 7 at ...