Baby fever hit New Jersey’s Turtle Back Zoo in late November when Makena, the zoo’s three-year-old lioness, gave birth two ...

The Turtle Back Zoo in Essex County, New Jersey, recently welcomed their first-ever lion cubs, a boy and a girl, and asked ...

The Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange is offering a series of Sophisticated Science Seminars this summer geared towards teens and adults ages 14 and up who are interested in animals, science, ...

Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of all. It was a small, light-brown ...

A cheetah strolls the grounds at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Tuesday, May 18, 2021 Get Photo Use of and/or registration ...

ESSEX COUNTY, NJ — A popular holiday light display is returning to the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo – and it’s free. The zoo’s 2025-2026 Holiday Lights Spectacular will kick off on Friday, Nov. 21 and ...

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- An 18-foot-tall Masai giraffe at New Jersey's Turtle Back Zoo has died from complications during a medical procedure. Essex County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo, Jr., ...

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, ...