KEY BISCAYNE, FLA. (WSVN) - A rescued marine reptile was returned to the waters of Key Biscayne by the team at Zoo Miami. Zoo officials found a juvenile green sea turtle, named Pumpkin Spice, tangled ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Essex County's Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange. A lightning strike ignited a fire at Turtle Back Zoo in Essex County Wednesday ...

Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange opened a new lemur exhibit, converting the former sea lion pool into a jungle habitat for some of the world’s most endangered mammals. The exhibit features ...

Some of the world’s most endangered animals have arrived at their new home in Essex County.

Several sea turtles were being treated for smoke inhalation Thursday after a lightning strike sparked a fire at the Sea Turtle Recovery hospital in New Jersey’s Turtle Back Zoo. A lightning bolt hit ...

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ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A plan is in the works to turn the former Sea Lion Sound exhibit at the Turtle Back Zoo into a habitat for lemurs, county officials recently announced. The nearly $4 million project ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of all. It was a small, ...

A bolt of lightning struck New Jersey's beloved Turtle Back Zoo as strong storms moved through the area Wednesday night, sparking a fire but injuring no animals badly, authorities say. According to ...

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Lightning hit the Sea Turtle Recovery Hospital at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey, causing the building to catch fire. The lightning struck the West Orange building ...

On Monday, a black bear entered the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, prompting a close for the rest of the day.

Officials with the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange say that the zoo’s elderly African lion, Sukari, has died. “Sukari was humanely euthanized due to the progression of irreversible kidney disease,” ...