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The Hyenas are Laughing at the New Bronx Zoo Exhibit  -  05 Aug 2009
Zoo and Aquarium Visitor NewsBronx, NY - The Wildlife Conservation Society announced today that laughter may be heard from the Bronx Zoo's famous African Plains

World's largest turtle at Oglebay Zoo  -  05 Aug 2009
Marietta TimesThe python arrived in June, transported by the zoo's curator and head keeper, directly from its former home at the Bronx Zoo in New York.

Buyer's remorse no more  -  05 Aug 2009
Examiner.comSome activities are easy to spot as money suckers and understandable to pass on – like a few hours at the Bronx Zoo - which costs over $20 just for my 2

In Appreciation Of Andy Pettitte  -  05 Aug 2009
Subway SquawkersGuidry seemed to me like an ancient relic of another time, the last link to Bronx Zoo years and the 1977-78 championship teams, when he announced his

Your morning adorable: Coquerel's sifakas at the Bronx Zoo  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
Los Angeles TimesThis Coquerel's sifaka and her baby are residents of the Madagascar exhibit at New York's Bronx Zoo. The sifaka, like the tiny dik-dik antelope,

Zoo New England Demands Massachusetts Restore $4M in Cuts ... or Else  -  ‎Jul 11, 2009‎
ABC NewsIn April, one of the most renowned zoos in the country, New York's Bronx Zoo, which is run by the Wildlife Conservation Society, told New York City

Zoo Director (OK, Be That Way)  -  ‎Jul 20, 2009‎
New York TimesWELL TRAINED James J. Breheny, the director of the Bronx Zoo, at the gorilla exhibit in the Congo section. By RALPH BLUMENTHAL And you think your workplace

Okapi born this spring at the Bronx Zoo makes first public appearance  -  ‎Jul 27, 2009‎
Mongabay.comAn okapi calf born this spring at the Bronx Zoo made its first public appearance, reports the Wildlife Conservation Society. The endangered forest giraffe,

Zoo starting work on $50 million African Forest  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
Houston ChronicleThe style is notably characterized by a massive African gorilla exhibit that opened a decade ago at the Bronx Zoo. That exhibit, which underscores the need

Toddler Time at the Bronx Zoo: Free admission to the Children's ...  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
Examiner.comAnother offering at the Children's Zoo is musical shows, such as "Barnyard Babble," performed by the Wildlife Theater Players and puppets every 20 minutes

Your animal instincts say, 'Go to the zoo!' (Score: )  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
The Leader NewspapersResidents of northern New Jersey also have the luxury of taking day trips to the famous Bronx Zoo (2300 Southern Blvd., Bronx, NY — 718-367-1010),

My First Job: Five young New Yorkers make a foray into the work world  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
New York Daily NewsJOB: Children's zoo aide at the Bronx Zoo. Why did you choose to work at the zoo? My mom came up with the idea. We live right across the street from the zoo

Apartment Happy: Three new Bronx residents  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
New York Daily NewsHe liked it so much, he decided to live there, moving to Mosholu Parkway, an emerging area near the Bronx Zoo. Right outside his front door,

School Beat  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
TomRiver Times...then to Riverdale (the Gold Coast of the Bronx), pass by the Bronx Zoo and the New York Botanical Garden, and Pelham Bay Park, the largest park in NYC.

Bronx Special: 'You have to see it to believe it'  -  ‎Jul 24, 2009‎
New York Daily NewsIts hospitals, colleges and such area amenities as the Bronx Zoo and the equestrian center at Van Cortlandt Park are among the best in the world.

Once-captive Chinese alligators breed in wild  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
msnbc.comThe alligator group that gave birth to the new hatchlings includes four animals from the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo.

The Cities Swarm With Bees  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
NHPR...farm manager of the Chicago Honey Co-Op. Jim Fischer is the beekeeper for the Bronx Zoo in New York, and a founding member of the Gotham City Honey Co-Op.

Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. announces Dominican pride ...  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
New York Daily NewsToday, a trolley tour of the Bronx Zoo is scheduled. Tomorrow, there will be a Gala Banquet at the Marina del Rey, followed by a street festival and

Goodbye, Jumbo  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
Boston Globe...“We need to make that connection, and it's not hard,� said Bill Conway, the legendary former director of the Bronx Zoo and now a senior conservationist at

In action, School of One mixes high- and low-tech teaching  -  ‎Jul 21, 2009‎
GothamSchools...set of students dialed in to distant tutors by phone while another set worked one-on-one with teachers in a section of the room called “The Bronx Zoo.

Delta's big plans for the Big Apple  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
The Star-Ledger - NJ.comPlastering the Delta name across sports stadiums, the Tribeca Film Festival and the Bronx Zoo, the world's largest airline seeks to build on its 70 percent

Catcher Thurman Munson, The Captain, was heart and soul of the NY ...  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
The Star-Ledger - NJ.comUnable to arrange the usual chartered flight, the Yankees flew commercial -- not an advisable plan for the Bronx Zoo team -- sort of like Jack Nicholson's

WCS Scientists in Northern Alaska Spot a Shorebird Tagged 8000 ...  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
NewsBlaze...global conservation, education and the management of the world's largest system of urban wildlife parks, led by the flagship Bronx Zoo.

The taxi business thrives in the Big Apple  -  ‎Aug 1, 2009‎
The Colorado StatesmanThere was one subway trip to the Bronx Zoo, a pedicab ride back from Magnolia Bakery (1240 Ave of the Americas, 212/767-1123; www.magnoliacupcakes.com).

SFGate: Day in Pictures  -  ‎Jul 16, 2009‎
San Francisco ChronicleTen ssss-cents: A Kanburian pit viper stops on a dime at the Bronx Zoo. This is just a baby - 1 week old - but still plenty poisonous.

Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!  -  ‎Jul 29, 2009‎
JoongAng DailyThe Bronx Zoo in New York has an area called the Congo Gorilla Forest, where foggy squalls pour down and groups of gorillas sit around on tall trees.

Today is The Fifth Blogoversary For Living the Scientific Life  -  ‎Aug 4, 2009‎
ScienceBlogsVisited the Bronx Zoo to see the birds, but planning to return and indulge in some photography with the new Nikon camera.

Tale of Two Chinas, Protest by Tamils, Artist Feted at UN for Big ...  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Inner City PressJoseph Reed announced the presence, as dignitaries, of the senior vice president of the Bronx Zoo and of representatives of Sotheby's, whom he thanks for

A Look at a 'Wilderness Warrior' Pioneer  -  ‎Jul 28, 2009‎
FOXNewsThey actually were bred at the Bronx Zoo and brought repopulated. So I was looking at TR and his friends that 100 years ago saved while the American.

Books of The Times Mother Nature's Son, With a Big Stick (and Rifle)  -  ‎Jul 22, 2009‎
New York Times...“The Wilderness Warrior� is able to reconcile that Roosevelt with the one who used the Bronx Zoo, which he had helped to found, to breed buffalo that could

Meet Marty Appel  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
Subway SquawkersAppel, who knew Thurman Munson during the team's glorious “Bronx Zoo� years and co-wrote the catcher's own autobiography, will talk about Munson's great

Kenerson Bison Farm  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
WABIIn the late 1800's, less than 1000 bison were left and those were saved by the combined efforts of William Hornaday (Director of the Bronx Zoo) and a small

After 10 years, experts say West Nile here to stay  -  ‎Jul 26, 2009‎
NewsdayDr. Tracey McNamara, the former veterinary pathologist at the Bronx Zoo who was key in the 1999 identification of West Nile, said its emergence has helped

'1959: The Year Everything Changed' by Fred Kaplan  -  ‎Jul 19, 2009‎
Los Angeles TimesThere is a 31-year-old Fidel Castro eating an ice cream cone at the Bronx Zoo -- not yet a feared enemy or despot but a kind of folk hero in a United States

Renovated zoo exhibit brings nocturnal animals out of dark  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
Henderson GleanerThe sand cats also are new to the exhibit, coming from the Bronx Zoo. One thing that will be missing is the bug exhibit that used to be in the entrance to

Coyotes play through at Putnam National  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
Lower Hudson Journal newsFred Koontz, executive director of Teatown Lake Reservation in Yorktown and a former mammals curator at the Bronx Zoo, said the Mahopac coyotes' behavior

Berlin animal park introduces snow leopard cub  -  ‎Jul 13, 2009‎
NECNSayan's last litter, two snow leopards, found their homes in New York's Bronx Zoo and the Zoo Beauval in France. Visibly shy, Altai crawled back into his

Mobile Clinics, Kenyan Style: On Camelback  -  ‎Aug 3, 2009‎
Fast CompanyThe project took just a few thousand dollars to build, and it was tested out stateside using camels at the Bronx Zoo. The organizers think it could be up

New Creatures in an Age of Extinctions  -  ‎Jul 25, 2009‎
New York TimesFabio Röhe of the Bronx Zoo's Wildlife Conservation Society and his colleagues just announced the discovery of a new monkey in the Brazilian Amazon,

Jeronimo Maradiaga's Journey  -  ‎Jul 12, 2009‎
Colby MagazineThe south entrance to the Bronx Zoo, where Maradiaga worked at a concession in high school to help support his family. The discount store on 179th Street,

A breath of Fresh Air: Local family welcomes visitor from New York  -  ‎Jul 15, 2009‎
Greenwich PostA few months ago they went to the Bronx Zoo together. “Day four?� Ryan said when his mother told the Post about plans for the coming week.

Friends of Library Support Tax Petition  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
Pike County PressNovember 4, the group will be heading to the Bronx Zoo for a day with furry friends. December 1 & 2, the Friends will visit the Brandywine Valley and

Chinese-American Children Sent to Live With Kin Abroad Face a ...  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
New York TimesAlisa Chen, 4, greeting her mother, Qiao Yuni Chen, after a class trip to the Bronx Zoo. “We did not know why,� said his mother, Winnie Liu, recalling the

Pulling chestnuts out of the urban forest  -  ‎Jul 31, 2009‎
Connecticut PlusA fungus from Asia that infects the bark--first identified in samples from the Bronx Zoo in 1904--virtually decimated the chestnut forests by the 1950s,

Philly rolls out solar-powered trash compactors  -  ‎Jul 23, 2009‎
The Associated PressAbout 100 BigBelly compactors are being used by various entities in New York, including the Bronx Zoo. Chicago has 90. There are about 30 in Vancouver.

'Bald' bird a first for Asia in 100 years  -  ‎Jul 30, 2009‎
AFP...face with bluish skin around the eye extending to the bill, said the Society, which manages urban wildlife parks including the Bronx Zoo in New York.

Metropolitan (soap) opera  -  ‎Aug 2, 2009‎
Metro.usHard as it is for Met fans to admit, the Mets have become the Bronx Zoo-era Yankees Lite. The Mets have promptly gone from disappointing to embarrassing.

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