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 ...

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, ...

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, ...

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

The Turtle Back Zoo this year joined the relatively few U.S. zoos — perhaps a dozen or fewer among the 250 accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums — that routinely give the public a view ...

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / December 22, 2025 / For more than 30 years, we've been a proud supporter of Essex County Turtle Back Zoo. This year, our employees and their families rolled up ...

Turtle Back Zoo is celebrating a milestone after announcing the birth of two African lion cubs, the first ever born at the facility. The zoo shared the news in a social media post, saying its lioness, ...