Tim May

Yes I believe Bronx Zoo acquired the first shoebill in the USA in 1926; Washington Zoo then acquired the species only ten days after New...

I had forgotten about the hoatzin. A very distinctive species - albiet unconscionable - to display for the Bronx Zoo. That being said...

Here's a few more noteworthy species exhibited at Bronx Zoo and many more could be added to the list:- the first platypus outside...

No, the record number of visitors in a year, for a UK zoo, is three million visitors at London Zoo in 1950 (due to the famous polar bear...

I have just started reading: "Discovering the Okapi: Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Search for a Rainforest Enigma"...