WCS is launching a petition drive and letter-writing campaign against the devastating cuts to the state budget line that funds 80 zoos, botanical gardens and aquariums across New York State, including WCS’s Bronx Zoo and the New York Aquarium.
A covey of bobwhite quail have joined the turkeys, turkey vultures, and ducks in the zoo's Aviary. The bobwhite gets its name from the male’s high-pitched whistle, which sounds a bit like “bob-bob-white!”
Under the care of their keepers, three pronghorn fawns are gaining speed on the zoo’s Great Plains. The babies, two boys and a girl, were born in June.
Talk about cute overload! Spring brought a whole crop of baby animals to the Queens Zoo. Visitors can watch duckling swimming lessons in the Marsh, visit two lambs in the barnyard, and meet a pair of new alpacas.
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