Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange reopened after being closed for months during the coronavirus pandemic. Thursday, Jun. 18, 2020.Get Photo Visitors have their temperature checked before being ...

As we focus on the Philadelphia Eagles this week, there is another eagle that is inspiring a lot of people with an incredible ...

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. announced on Sunday that Lady Edwina of Essex, aka Essex Edwina, the Turtle Back Zoo’s resident groundhog, did not see her shadow on Groundhog Day, ...

New Jersey this month became the latest state to delist the bald eagle as endangered. The move reflects an environmental updraft since the early 2000s, ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WLNE) — Buttonwood Park Zoo said that its 2-year-old Red Panda Sprout will be headed to a zoo in New Jersey. Sprout will move to Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange as part of the ...

Jilian Fazio, director of the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in suburban northern New Jersey, said the zoo rescues a number of birds hit by cars. One bird, a male named Freedom, perched atop a ...