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 ...

Visitors to the Turtle Back Zoo watch through a large picture window as a white-cheeked gibbon undergoes a wellness checkup in West Orange, N.J., Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) WEST ...

Inside Essex County Turtle Back Zoo, nonprofit Sea Turtle Recovery has rehabbed 149 turtles and is now treating 21 more, ...

Turtle Back Zoo will hold its Family Fun Nights on Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout July and August, extending evening hours for visitors. The zoo will be open from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., with the last ...

Visitors to the Turtle Back Zoo in Essex County can embark on a captivating journey through the Wild America exhibit, which showcases the incredible diversity of wildlife found throughout the North ...

Construction has begun to convert the former Sea Lion Sound Exhibit at Turtle Back Zoo into a new island habitat for endangered lemurs. The $3.9 million project aims to create a “dynamic centerpiece ...

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Need a break from coronavirus news? Well the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, New Jersey has a fuzzy and adorable new addition. Essex County Executive ...

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 ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — On Wednesday, September 3, Brevard Zoo will release June Cleaver, a rehabilitated loggerhead sea turtle, back into the ocean at Howard E. Futch Memorial Park in Melbourne. June Cleaver ...