Topic: Bronx Zoo

'Cous Cous' the lion innocent in death of handler, family says

The family of Dianna Hanson, who was killed by a 550-pound male lion named 'Cous Cous' on Wednesday, calls the incident a 'tragic accident' that was no one's fault, including the lion. 

Bronx zoo tiger attack: Man lives, big cat is forgiven

Survivors of tiger attacks often hold no animosity. As he lay injured from a tiger bite, entertainer Roy Horn whispered, 'Make sure no harm comes to Montecore.' Likewise, the tiger that mauled a man who jumped into his enclosure at the Bronx Zoo will not be euthanized.

Bronx Zoo cobra: her top 4 tweets

Bronx Zoo cobra run amok? The Bronx Zoo insists its missing Egyptian cobra is probably hiding on zoo property. But the Twitter account @BronxZoosCobra suggests that the Bronx Zoo cobra is involved in a little Big Apple high jinks. Here are the four funniest tweets.
03/30/2011 04:35 pm

Bronx Zoo cobra searchers stumped? Just follow her on Twitter.

Bronx Zoo cobra searchers say the snake, which went missing Friday, is likely still in the zoo. But a lampoon Twitter account begs to differ, tweeting the Big Apple adventures of the Bronx Zoo cobra.
03/29/2011 06:05 pm

Bronx Zoo cobra vanishes, reptile house closed

Bronx Zoo cobra: A roughly 20-inch-long Egyptian cobra — a highly venomous species of snake — has been unaccounted for since Friday afternoon, zoo officials have said.
03/28/2011 01:41 pm

On Valentine's Day, express your love with a giant hissing cockroach

On Valentine's Day, nothing says 'I love you' more than naming a giant Madagascar hissing cockroach after your beloved. Now the Bronx Zoo is offering just that opportunity.
02/14/2011 04:11 pm

In Pictures Boo at the zoo

Steinbrenner remembered as 'The Boss,' in addition to charitable endeavors

Steinbrenner died early Tuesday in Tampa, Florida. He bought the New York Yankees in 1973 for $10 million. Seven World Series titles later, the Yankees are worth more than $1 billion, due in large part to George Steinbrenner.
07/13/2010 04:11 pm

Steinbrenner dies on Tuesday morning; New York and baseball in mourning

Steinbrenner died early Tuesday in Tampa, Florida. The New York Yankees won seven World Series titles under the ownership of George Steinbrenner.
07/13/2010 01:51 pm

In Pictures Zoo babies

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Bright Green Conservationists uncover 'mother lode' of gorillas in Africa

A census in the north of the Republic of the Congo has discovered 125,000 previously uncounted western lowland gorillas, more than doubling the previous estimated worldwide population of the great ape subspecies.
08/06/2008 01:00 am

Wild green Bronx

The Bronx is blooming - and bursting with gardens, birds, and parks.
07/21/2008 01:00 am

Now students take field trips online

High fuel prices make virtual field trips popular with schools – but no substitute for the real thing.
06/07/2008 01:00 am

In the Bronx, a class with conservation at its core

At the Urban Assembly School for Wildlife Conservation, the zoo is more than a field trip – and fieldwork covers topics from temperate forests to river turbidity.
02/21/2008 12:00 am