The Bronx Zoo (also historically the Bronx Zoological Park and the Bronx Zoological Gardens) is a zoo within Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York.It is one of the largest zoos in the United States by area and is the largest metropolitan zoo in the United States by area, comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalistic habitats separated by the Bronx River.

The Central Park Zoo is a 6.5-acre (2.6 ha) zoo located at the southeast corner of Central Park in New York City.It is part of an integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS). In conjunction with the Central Park Zoo's operations, the WCS offers children's educational programs, is engaged in restoration of endangered species …

W 2019 roku Bronx liczył ok. 1 418 207 mieszkańców. Nazwa dzielnicy pochodzi od nazwiska szwedzkiego imigranta Jonasa Broncka, który pierwszy osiedlił się na tym terenie. W tym okręgu znajduje się m.in. stadion drużyny baseballowej New York Yankees, największe w USA i jedno z największych na świecie miejskie zoo oraz ogród botaniczny.

We Bought a Zoo is a 2011 American family comedy-drama film loosely based on the 2008 memoir of the same name by Benjamin Mee.It was co-written and directed by Cameron Crowe and stars Matt Damon as widowed father Benjamin Mee, who purchases a dilapidated zoo with his family and takes on the challenge of preparing the zoo for its reopening to the public. . The …

Ota Benga (c. 1883 – March 20, 1916) was a Mbuti (Congo pygmy) man, known for being featured in an exhibit at the 1904 Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis, Missouri, and as a human zoo exhibit in 1906 at the Bronx Zoo.Benga had been purchased from local African slave traders by the explorer Samuel Phillips Verner, a businessman searching for African people for …

The Zoo, an Animal Planet docu-series about the Bronx Zoo; Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media. Morning zoo, a format of off-beat morning radio; The Zoo, a comic opera by Arthur Sullivan; Zoo, a brand used for events organised by the Oxford University Student Union;

The Bronx (/ b r ɒ ŋ k s /) is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York.It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New York City borough of Queens, across the East River.The Bronx has a land area of 42 square miles (109 km 2) and a …

Bronx Zoo. Eingang Asia Gate. Der Bronx Zoo, mit vollem Namen „International Wildlife Conservation Park“, ist ein Zoologischer Garten in New York. Gegründet wurde der Zoo 1899. Mit mehr als 300 ha Fläche ist er der größte Zoo von New York und der größte in einer Stadt befindliche Zoo in den USA.

Prospect Park is an urban park in Brooklyn, New York City.The park is situated between the neighborhoods of Park Slope, Prospect Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Flatbush, and Windsor Terrace, and is adjacent to the Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, and the Brooklyn Botanic Garden.With an area of 526 acres (213 ha), Prospect Park is the second largest public …

The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a non-governmental organization headquartered at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, that aims to conserve the world's largest wild places in 14 priority regions.Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society (NYZS), the organization is now led by President and CEO Cristián Samper.WCS manages four New York City wildlife …