Editing Bronx Zoo (section)

==Exhibits and attractions==
The zoo has two types of displays: free exhibits accessible with a General Admission ticket, and premium exhibits which require additional fees.<ref name="tickets">{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/tickets |title=Tickets – Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304191941/http://bronxzoo.com/tickets |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/visitor-info/faqs |title=FAQs – Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305230841/http://bronxzoo.com/visitor-info/faqs |url-status=live}}</ref>

===Free exhibits and attractions===
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
*African Plains
*Aquatic Bird House and Sea Bird Aviary
*Big Bears
*Birds of Prey
*Bison Range
*Carter Giraffe Building
*Gelada Reserve
*Himalayan Highlands
*Madagascar!
*Mitsubishi Riverwalk
*Mouse House
*Northern Ponds
*Pheasant Aviary
*Sea Lion Pool
*Tiger Mountain
*World of Birds
*World of Reptiles
*Zoo Center
}}

{{as of|2010}}, the Bronx Zoo is home to more than 4,000 animals of 650 species, many of which are [[endangered]] or [[Threatened species|threatened]].<ref name="nyc_zoo_history"/> Some of its exhibits, such as World of Birds and World of Reptiles, are arranged by [[Taxonomy (biology)|taxonomy]], while others, such as African Plains and the Wild Asian Monorail, are arranged geographically.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits.aspx |title=Exhibits & Attractions |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=May 26, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100526082905/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The zoo also has [[Indian peafowl]] that roam freely.

====Astor Court====
[[File:Zalophus californianus at Bronx Zoo 5.JPG|thumb|[[California sea lion]] (''Zalophus californianus'') with trainer]]
Astor Court is an old section of the zoo that is home to many of the zoo's original buildings, designed by [[Heins & LaFarge]]. While most of the buildings are closed to the public, the former Lion House was reopened as the "Madagascar!" exhibit in 2008,<ref name="zoolex.org">{{cite web |url=http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=1224 |title=ZooLex Exhibit |access-date=January 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305132942/http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=1224 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and the Zoo Center still exhibits various species. Astor Court includes the historic [[sea lion]] pool featuring [[California sea lion]]s.<ref>https://bronxzoo.com/things-to-do/exhibits/sea-lion-pool</ref> Small aviaries featuring small bird species can be found nearby and [[white-headed capuchin]]s can be seen behind the old Monkey House.{{cn|date=April 2024}}

The [[New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission]] designated Astor Court's buildings as a city landmark in 2000,<ref>{{Cite nycland |page=317}}</ref> after a failed attempt to do so in 1966.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gray |first=Christopher |date=July 19, 1992 |title=Streetscapes: The Bronx Zoo; Animal House Landmarks? |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/19/realestate/streetscapes-the-bronx-zoo-animal-house-landmarks.html |access-date=January 2, 2021 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=January 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180115224747/http://www.nytimes.com/1992/07/19/realestate/streetscapes-the-bronx-zoo-animal-house-landmarks.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

====African Plains====
[[File:Giraffa camelopardalis at the Bronx Zoo 001.jpg|thumb|left|Giraffes (''Giraffa camelopardalis'') at the zoo]]
African Plains allows visitors to walk past [[lion]]s, [[African wild dog]]s, [[Grévy's zebra]]s, and [[spotted hyena]]s, and see herds of [[nyala]]s, [[Thomson’s gazelle]]s, and [[rhim gazelle|slender-horned gazelle]]s, It also includes hybrid [[giraffe]]s ([[Rothschild's giraffe|Baringo]] × [[reticulated giraffe]]) sharing their homes with [[common ostrich]]es. The exhibit originally opened in 1941 and was the first in the country to allow visitors to view predators and their prey in a naturalistic setting as well as allowing large predators such as lions to be exhibited cage-free.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/> This success was achieved through the creation of a series of deep moats, a set-up which can still be found at the zoo today.<ref name="newyork.com"/> The wild dogs, however, can be viewed close-up from a glass-fronted viewing pavilion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/african-plains.aspx |title=African Plains |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 9, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109035048/http://bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/african-plains.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The zoo has bred their lions on multiple occasions, including one male and two females born in January 2010 and three males and one female born in August 2013. The zoo, in partnership with the New York ''Daily News'', held a contest to name the 2010 cubs, which made their public debut in April 2010. The winning names were Shani, Nala, and Adamma.<ref>David Rooney: "Bronx Zoo's New Lion Cubs Are Impossibly Cute". ''The New York Times'', 2010.</ref> The 2013 cubs were named Thulani, Ime, Bahata, and Amara<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/african-lion-cubs-come-out-to-enjoy-sun-at-bronx-zoo/ |title=African Lion Cubs Come Out To Enjoy Sun At Bronx Zoo |date=May 2014 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306182104/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2014/05/01/african-lion-cubs-come-out-to-enjoy-sun-at-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> and the three males can still be found on-exhibit at the zoo.

The '''Carter Giraffe Building''', a section of African Plains, features indoor/outdoor viewing of the zoo's giraffes and [[South African ostrich]]es, and is also home to [[common dwarf mongoose]]s, [[Von der Decken's hornbill]]s, and [[northern white-faced owl]]s. In June 2009, two [[aardvark]]s imported from [[Tanzania]] joined the exhibit.<ref name="nydailynews.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6359/Wildlife-Conservation-Societys-Bronx-Zoo-Opens-New-Aardvark-Habitat.aspx |title=Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo Opens New Aardvark Habitat |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307012615/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6359/Wildlife-Conservation-Societys-Bronx-Zoo-Opens-New-Aardvark-Habitat.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2010, the pair gave birth to a male named Hoover, the first to ever be born at the zoo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/12/bronx-zoo-debuts-hoover-the-aardvark-baby.html |title=Bronx Zoo Debuts Hoover the Baby Aardvark! |work=ZooBorns |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307152528/http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/12/bronx-zoo-debuts-hoover-the-aardvark-baby.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

Until 2009, the southwestern corner of African Plains was home to the endangered [[Arabian oryx]] and [[blesbok]]. Due to budget cuts and the unpopularity of the species with visitors, they were phased-out of the collection.<ref name="dailyfinance.com"/> This section of the exhibit is replaced by the Nature Trek. In 2017 they received two baby [[cheetah]]s from the [[San Diego Zoo]]. Cheetahs are now part of their animal encounter programs.<ref>[https://bronxzoo.com/unique-experiences "Unique Experiences"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219090601/https://bronxzoo.com/unique-experiences |date=February 19, 2018}}. ''Bronx Zoo''. Wildlife Conservation Society. Retrieved February 19, 2018.</ref> They were replaced by the hyenas.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/denver-zoo-gives-pair-of-hyenas-to-bronx-zoo/ |title=Denver Zoo Gives Pair of Hyenas to Bronx Zoo |work=The New York Times |first=Jennifer |last=Lee |date=August 6, 2009 |access-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027015630/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/06/denver-zoo-gives-pair-of-hyenas-to-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Big Bears====
Big Bears features four bears, a male [[grizzly bear]] and three [[ABC Islands bear]]s rescued as orphans from [[Baranof Island]] of [[Alaska]].<ref name="nbcnewyork.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bronx-Welcomes-Bear-Cubs-82943822.html |title=Bronx Zoo Welcomes Bear Cubs |work=NBC New York |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302225628/http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Bronx-Welcomes-Bear-Cubs-82943822.html |archive-date=March 2, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Until 2015, two female grizzly bears named Betty and Veronica also lived in this exhibit, but moved to the [[Central Park Zoo]] where they died in 2020 and 2021.<ref name="gothamist.com">{{cite web |url=http://gothamist.com/2014/09/30/central_parks_new_bears_will_be_bro.php |title=Central Park's New Bears Will Be Bronx Zoo Grizzly Bears |work=Gothamist |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160326073949/http://gothamist.com/2014/09/30/central_parks_new_bears_will_be_bro.php |archive-date=March 26, 2016}}</ref>

The zoo also formerly housed [[polar bear]]s until the last individual, a 26-year-old male named Tundra died in December 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bronx Zoo's last polar bear euthanized due to health issues |date=December 28, 2017 |url=https://nypost.com/2017/12/28/bronx-zoos-last-polar-bear-euthanized-due-to-health-issues/}}</ref> Three [[dhole]]s from the [[San Diego Zoo Safari Park]] were added to the habitat in 2019.<ref>{{cite web |title=Bronx Zoo Debuts Pack of Endangered Dhole |url=https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/13192/Bronx-Zoo-Debuts-Pack-of-Endangered-Dhole.aspx}}</ref>

====Gelada Reserve====
[[File:Spinus-gelada-2014-11-n020631-w.jpg|thumb|[[Gelada]] in the reserve]]
Gelada Reserve, originally called Baboon Reserve, opened in 1990. It is a two-acre recreation of the [[Ethiopian highlands]] which, at the time of its opening, was the largest primate exhibit in the United States.<ref name="bz-baboons">{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/baboon-reserve.aspx |title=Baboon Reserve |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116041944/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/baboon-reserve.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit's main features revolve around the zoo's troop of [[gelada]]s such as artificial rocks and earthbanks, and displays about life in the highlands and the side-by-side [[evolution]] of [[human]]s and geladas. Visitors can watch the geladas from multiple viewpoints along with [[Nubian ibex]] and [[rock hyrax]], all of which are mixed together in the hilly enclosure. An African village-styled café overlooks the exhibit. Baboon Reserve won the AZA Exhibit Award in 1991.<ref name="bz-baboons"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=718 |title=ZooLex Exhibit |access-date=January 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305123056/http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=718 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the fall of 2014, a male gelada was born at the zoo, the first in over 13 years, and was the only zoo in the US to display them until the [[San Diego Zoo]] in 2017 received their gelada troop for their Africa Rocks exhibit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6711/WCSs-Bronx-Zoo-Debuts-First-Gelada-Baboon-Born-in-NYC-in-13-years.aspx |title=WCS's Bronx Zoo Debuts First Gelada Baboon Born in NYC in 13 years |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306215605/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6711/WCSs-Bronx-Zoo-Debuts-First-Gelada-Baboon-Born-in-NYC-in-13-years.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/gelada-baboon |title=Gelada Baboon – San Diego Zoo Animals |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401035909/http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/gelada-baboon |archive-date=April 1, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Before the late 1980s, this place replaced a lawn of [[aoudad]]s.

====Himalayan Highlands====
[[File:Snow leopard at bronx zoo.jpg|thumb|[[Snow leopard]] in the Himalayan Highlands exhibit]]Himalayan Highlands, which opened on June 27, 1986,<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/11/arts/bronx-zoo-s-airborne-heralds-of-spring.html |title=Bronx Zoo's Airborne Heralds of Spring |date=April 11, 1986 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=October 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161005111821/http://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/11/arts/bronx-zoo-s-airborne-heralds-of-spring.html |url-status=live}}</ref> recreates the [[Himalayas]] region of Asia. The exhibit is known for its highly naturalistic look and use of the hilly and rocky terrain found in that portion of the zoo. The stars of the exhibit are the zoo's multiple [[snow leopard]]s. The exhibit also is home to [[red panda]]s and [[white-naped crane]]s. In 2006, the zoo brought in a male snow leopard named Leo from [[Pakistan]] after he was orphaned at around two months old.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://bigcatrescue.org/pakistans-first-lady-welcomes-snow-leopard-to-bronx-zoo/ |title=Pakistan's First Lady welcomes snow leopard to Bronx Zoo – Big Cat Rescue |work=Big Cat Rescue |date=September 29, 2006 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305120534/https://bigcatrescue.org/pakistans-first-lady-welcomes-snow-leopard-to-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Leo sired a male cub on April 9, 2013. The cub is one of more than 70 snow leopards born at the zoo, which was the first U.S. zoo to exhibit the species in 1903. Leo later became a grandfather when his son sired a female cub in 2017.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/pets/snow-leopard-cub-storybook-beginnings-makes-debut-bronx-zoo-8C11017315 |title=Snow leopard cub with storybook beginnings makes debut at Bronx Zoo |author=Danika Fears |work=TODAY.com |date=August 27, 2013 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305080926/http://www.today.com/pets/snow-leopard-cub-storybook-beginnings-makes-debut-bronx-zoo-8C11017315 |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Madagascar!====
[[File:Bronx zoo, New York, USA (48713798146).jpg|thumb|Lemur at the zoo]]
Madagascar!, which opened on June 20, 2008, recreates various habitats found on the island of [[Madagascar]] and contains a variety of wildlife from the island, including [[lemur]]s, [[fossa (animal)|fossas]], [[Nile crocodile]]s, [[radiated tortoise]]s, [[greater vasa parrot]]s and highly endangered [[cichlid]]s.<ref name="zoolex.org"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/madagascar.aspx |title=Madagascar |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=May 21, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100521053906/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/madagascar.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Ring-tailed lemur]]s, [[collared lemur]]s, [[red ruffed lemur]]s, [[crowned lemur]]s, and [[Coquerel's sifaka]]s are the lemur species held in the exhibit. Madagascar! holds the first two [[ring-tailed mongoose]] in the United States and is home to over 100,000 [[Madagascar hissing cockroach]]es that can be named for $10 around [[Valentine's Day]].<ref name="nydailynews.com"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/roach |title=Name a Roach – Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=January 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160126011229/http://bronxzoo.com/roach |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit has multiple educational displays focusing on the many threats to the survival of these species as well as the WCS's [[Conservation biology|conservation]] work in Madagascar. The building was converted from the former Lion House, which had opened in 1903 and closed by the late 1980s. The exhibit also has [[tomato frog]]s and [[Henkel's leaf-tailed gecko]]s.

====Mouse House====
The Mouse House is a small building home to various species of small [[mammal]]s, particularly [[rodents]]. The building features both [[Diurnality|diurnal]] and [[nocturnal]] areas and a row of outdoor cages which, during the summer months, are home to a variety of small [[primate]]s, many of which are former monkey house inhabitants. Species include [[black and rufous elephant shrew]]s, [[eastern spiny mouse|eastern spiny mice]], [[Eurasian harvest mouse|harvest mice]], [[common degu]]s, [[African pouched rat]]s, [[northern Luzon giant cloud rat]]s, [[lesser hedgehog tenrec]]s, [[Damaraland mole-rat]]s, [[northern treeshrew]]s, [[long-tailed chinchilla]]s, and [[feathertail glider]]s.

====Aquatic Bird House====
[[File:寻觅食物.jpg|thumb|left|[[American flamingo]]s (''Phoenicopterus ruber'') in the pond]]
The current Aquatic Bird House opened on September 24, 1964, on the foundation of the original house, which was opened on November 8, 1899, with the rest of the zoo. The building features a multitude of mostly open-fronted enclosures mainly focusing on [[coastal]] and [[wetland]] habitats and the species that rely on them.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wcsarchivesblog.org/happy-50th-to-the-new-aquatic-birds-house/ |title=Happy 50th to the (New) Aquatic Birds House! |date=September 23, 2014 |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305051604/http://www.wcsarchivesblog.org/happy-50th-to-the-new-aquatic-birds-house/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[Scarlet ibis]]es, [[roseate spoonbill]]s, [[anhinga]]s, [[boat-billed heron]]s and [[Madagascar crested ibis]]es are among the residents here. The exhibit also features an outdoor pond home to a flock of [[American flamingo]]s and a large aviary home for [[lesser adjutant|lesser adjutant stork]]s.

The zoo is one of only three zoos in North America working with the endangered storks and has bred them several times, including the hatching of two chicks on June 27 and August 15, 2015.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/8047/Lesser-Adjutant-Storks-At-WCSs-Bronx-Zoo-Foster-Abandoned-Egg-and-Raise-Chick-As-Their-Own.aspx |title=Lesser Adjutant Storks At WCS's Bronx Zoo Foster Abandoned Egg and Raise Chick As Their Own |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306074251/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/8047/Lesser-Adjutant-Storks-At-WCSs-Bronx-Zoo-Foster-Abandoned-Egg-and-Raise-Chick-As-Their-Own.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The Aquatic Bird House is also home to another endangered stork species: the [[Storm's stork]]. The zoo is one of only two in the United States working with this species; the other being the [[San Diego Zoo]]. In May 2014, the zoo opened a new nocturnal enclosure for a [[North Island brown kiwi]] in the building,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5443/Northern-Brown-Kiwi-at-the-Wildlife-Conservation-Societys-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |title=Northern Brown Kiwi at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=August 22, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822070832/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5443/Northern-Brown-Kiwi-at-the-Wildlife-Conservation-Societys-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and in May 2015, a colony of [[Eudyptula novaehollandiae|Australian little penguins]] from the [[Taronga Zoo]] were added.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/updates/little-penguins |title=Little Penguins Make a Big Splash – Bronx Zoo |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307065701/http://bronxzoo.com/updates/little-penguins |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Russell B. Aitken Sea Bird Aviary====
[[File:Guanay Cormorant at Bronx Zoo.jpg|thumb|A [[guanay cormorant]] in the Sea Bird Aviary: The zoo is the last to hold the species outside of South America.]]
The Russell B. Aitken Sea Bird Aviary, which opened on May 17, 1997, is a huge walk-through [[aviary]] designed to resemble the [[Patagonia]]n coast. The aviary stands at 60-feet high, occupies 615,000 cubic feet, is supported by five steel arches, and netted with a stainless steel mesh. The aviary was built to replace the original De Jur Aviary that opened with the zoo in 1899 and collapsed in a snowstorm in February 1995.<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/18/travel/penguins-and-friends-get-new-home-in-bronx.html |title=Penguins and Friends Get New Home in Bronx |date=May 18, 1997 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=September 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901031425/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/05/18/travel/penguins-and-friends-get-new-home-in-bronx.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit's height and open space allows the residents to soar around above visitor's heads and the fake [[Cliffed coast|sea cliff walls]] allows for more natural [[nest]]ing and [[roosting]] behavior. The aviary is home to about 100 birds, most being [[Inca tern]]s, but also a small colony of [[Magellanic penguin]]s, [[grey gull]]s, and [[brown pelican]]s. The aviary was also home to the last [[guanay cormorant]] in captivity outside of South America. In April 2014, four [[Peruvian pelican]]s were added to the exhibit,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newswise.com/articles/peruvian-pelicans-join-the-flock-in-the-russell-b-aitken-sea-bird-colony-at-the-wildlife-conservation-society-s-bronx-zoo |title=Peruvian Pelicans Join the Flock in the Russell B. Aitken Sea Bird Colony At the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304155321/http://newswise.com/articles/peruvian-pelicans-join-the-flock-in-the-russell-b-aitken-sea-bird-colony-at-the-wildlife-conservation-society-s-bronx-zoo |url-status=live}}</ref> and in January 2015, a pair of [[ruddy-headed goose|ruddy-headed geese]] were added.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wcs.org/photo/2015/01/28/rare-pair-ruddy-headed-geese-bronx-zoo-patagonia/ |title=A Rare Pair – Wild View |access-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-date=March 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150311204247/http://blog.wcs.org/photo/2015/01/28/rare-pair-ruddy-headed-geese-bronx-zoo-patagonia/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Tiger Mountain====
[[File:Tiger Bronx Zoo 2.JPG|thumb|A male Siberian tiger at the zoo]]
Tiger Mountain, which opened on May 15, 2003, is a three-acre exhibit which features [[Siberian tiger|Amur tiger]]s and occasionally [[Malayan tiger]]s, who are usually kept off-exhibit. The exhibit has two enclosures with glass viewing, the second of which has a 10,000 gallon pool with underwater viewing. Outside of the [[tiger]]s, the exhibit has multiple interactive displays designed to educate visitors on [[behavioral enrichment]] and on the zoo's/WCS' [[ex-situ]] and [[in-situ conservation]].

The exhibit won the AZA Exhibit Award in 2004.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=817 |title=ZooLex Exhibit |access-date=January 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305122657/http://www.zoolex.org/zoolexcgi/view.py?id=817 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The zoo has had good breeding successful with both [[subspecies]] of tiger, having bred both in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/09/twice-the-tiger-triplets-at-the-bronx-zoo.html |title=Twice the Tiger Triplets at the Bronx Zoo! |work=ZooBorns |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307065627/http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2010/09/twice-the-tiger-triplets-at-the-bronx-zoo.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Another set of Siberian tiger cubs were born in 2012,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/09/tiger-triplets-debut-at-bronx-zoo.html |title=Tiger Triplets debut at Bronx Zoo |work=ZooBorns |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307071211/http://www.zooborns.com/zooborns/2012/09/tiger-triplets-debut-at-bronx-zoo.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and a pair of Malayan tiger cubs were born in 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.today.com/video/so-cute-meet-the-new-tiger-cubs-at-the-bronx-zoo-657967683653 |title=So cute! Meet the new tiger cubs at the Bronx Zoo |access-date=April 30, 2016 |archive-date=May 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506210818/http://www.today.com/video/so-cute-meet-the-new-tiger-cubs-at-the-bronx-zoo-657967683653 |url-status=live}}</ref> One of the tiger cubs named Nadia tested positive for [[COVID-19]] during the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]], but have since recovered from the disease.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Peltz |first1=Jennifer |title=Tiger at NYC's Bronx Zoo tests positive for coronavirus|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/tiger-nycs-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-coronavirus-69989185 |website=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |date=April 5, 2020 |access-date=April 5, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604014210/https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/tiger-nycs-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-coronavirus-69989185 |url-status=live}}</ref> Across from the entrance to Tiger Mountain, a large herd of [[Père David's deer]] and a pair of [[whooper swan]]s can be found.

Before 2003, this part of the area was once Wolf Wood, and includes a pack of [[Mexican gray wolf|wolves]].

====World of Birds====
[[File:Maleo at Bronx Zoo.jpg|thumb|[[Maleo]]]]
World of Birds, which originally opened in 1972, is an indoor bird house spanning two floors and featuring several walk-through [[aviaries]]. The building closed for repairs and upgrades in the summer of 2010,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/world-of-birds.aspx |title=World of Birds |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531062618/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/world-of-birds.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and reopened the following year. The exhibit has multiple educational displays focusing on [[deforestation]] and the [[illegal wildlife trade]] and their affects on wild bird populations. The most prominent residents of the exhibit include the [[maleo]]s,<ref name="cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com">{{cite web |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/rare-maleo-chicks-hatch-at-the-bronx-zoo/ |title=These Chicks Are Not of the Easter Basket Variety |work=The New York Times |first=Emily S. |last=Rueb |date=March 19, 2013 |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=October 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151027071220/http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/03/19/rare-maleo-chicks-hatch-at-the-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> [[great hornbill]]s, [[knobbed hornbill]]s, [[Andean cock-of-the-rock]]s, [[Nicobar pigeon]]s, [[southern bald ibis]]es, [[great argus pheasant]]s, [[ocellated turkey]]s, [[hyacinth macaw]]s, [[African gray parrot]]s, [[grey-winged trumpeter]]s, [[lesser bird-of-paradise|lesser birds-of-paradise]] and [[white-throated bee-eater]]s. Some mammals like [[Bolivian gray titi]]s and [[greater mouse deer]] also live here. [[Emu]]s can be found in an outdoor yard. In mid-2009, the zoo's hand-reared pair of [[great blue turaco]]s successfully raised chicks, the first known instance of a hand-reared pair doing so.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4780/Blue-Turacos-Make-History-at-WCSs-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |title=Blue Turacos Make History at WCS's Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306225820/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/4780/Blue-Turacos-Make-History-at-WCSs-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2013, three maleo chicks hatched at the zoo, bringing their total number of birds to 12. The zoo, along with the WCS, works toward preserving this species in the wild as well.<ref name="cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com"/>

====World of Reptiles====
World of Reptiles has been an attraction at the zoo since it first opened. The building's first curator was [[Raymond Lee Ditmars]], who had kept 45 snakes in his attic before being hired at the zoo.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2015/06/21/how-an-amateur-snake-hunter-helped-create-the-bronx-zoo-in-his-attic/ |title=How an amateur snake hunter helped create the Bronx Zoo — in his attic |date=June 21, 2015 |work=[[New York Post]] |access-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122436/https://nypost.com/2015/06/21/how-an-amateur-snake-hunter-helped-create-the-bronx-zoo-in-his-attic/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit is a long hall with various [[terrarium]]s situated on both sides. The exhibit also features a nursery area, which exhibits newborn [[herptile]]s born at the zoo, as well as a window into the off-show breeding and caring facilities. In the building, the zoo breeds and exhibits a wide range of species, including [[Chinese alligator]]s, [[blue iguana]]s, [[Cuban crocodile]]s, [[false gharial]]s, [[dyeing poison dart frog]]s, [[Bothriechis schlegelii|eyelash vipers]], [[pig-nosed turtle|Fly River turtles]], [[giant musk turtle]]s, [[green anaconda]]s, [[hellbender]]s, [[Macrovipera schweizeri|Milos viper]], [[king cobra]]s and [[Philippine sailfin lizard]]s. The building also is home to the zoo's breeding population of [[Kihansi spray toad]]s, which the zoo saved from extinction.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=IUCN SSC Amphibian Specialist Group |date=2015 |title=''Nectophrynoides asperginis'' |volume=2015 |page=e.T54837A16935685 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-2.RLTS.T54837A16935685.en |access-date=November 11, 2021}}{{Dead link|date=September 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> On March 25, 2011, an [[Egyptian cobra]] escaped from its off-show enclosure, during which time the exhibit was closed to the public. Six days later, the animal was found elsewhere in the building. The zoo named the cobra MIA (Missing In Action) and placed it on exhibit.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/03/31/report-missing-bronx-zoo-cobra-has-been-captured/ |title=Missing Bronx Zoo Egyptian Cobra Finally Captured |first=Marla |last=Diamond |date=March 31, 2011 |access-date=April 1, 2011 |archive-date=April 3, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110403034742/http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2011/03/31/report-missing-bronx-zoo-cobra-has-been-captured/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Pheasant Aviary====
[[File:Palawan Peacock Pheasant - male.jpg|thumb|Male [[Palawan peacock-pheasant]] (''Polyplectron napoleonis'') at the aviary]]
The Pheasant Aviary is a long row of cages home to a large variety of bird species, particularly pheasants. Exhibited species include [[Elliot's pheasant]], [[Lady Amherst's pheasant]], [[Cabot's tragopan]], [[blue eared pheasant|blue eared-pheasant]], [[mountain peacock-pheasant]], [[helmeted curassow|Mérida helmeted curassow]], [[Swinhoe's pheasant]], [[Green peafowl|Java peafowl]], [[loggerhead shrike|eastern loggerhead shrike]] (''Lanius ludovicianus migrans''), [[white-throated ground dove|white-throated ground-dove]], [[Lord Derby's parakeet]], [[Montezuma oropendola]] and [[yellow-crested cockatoo]].

====Birds of Prey====
Birds of Prey is a row of cages for multiple [[Birds of prey|raptor]] species. The exhibit is home to [[bald eagle]]s, [[golden eagle]]s, [[burrowing owl]]s, [[snowy owl]]s, [[Andean condor]]s, [[palm nut vulture]]s and [[king vulture]]s. In February 2011, the zoo received two bald eagles rescued in [[Wyoming]].<ref name="ReferenceB">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-offers-closeup-majestic-now-grounded-bald-eagles-article-1.136694 |title=Bald eagles find home at Bronx Zoo |website=[[New York Daily News|Daily News]] |date=February 11, 2011 |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312134410/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-offers-closeup-majestic-now-grounded-bald-eagles-article-1.136694 |url-status=live}}</ref> Nearby is a small pond for [[black-necked swan]]s, [[American white pelican]]s and [[brown pelican]]s.

====Zoo Center====
[[File:Bronx Zoo center.jpg|thumb|The Zoo Center]]
The Zoo Center, built in 1908, is a one-story [[Beaux-Arts architecture|Beaux-Arts]] building located in Astor Court. The exhibit houses [[Blue Tree Monitor|blue tree monitors]], [[Mertens' water monitor]]s and [[spiny-tailed monitor]]s indoors and has both indoor and outdoor enclosures for [[Komodo dragon]]s, [[Aldabra giant tortoise]]s and [[southern white rhinoceros]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/nyregion/dragons-return-to-the-bronx-zoo.html |title=Dragons Return to the Bronx Zoo |date=May 24, 2014 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=August 27, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170827205811/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/24/nyregion/dragons-return-to-the-bronx-zoo.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The building's animal [[frieze]] was carved by [[A. P. Proctor]].<ref name="nydailynews.com"/> In 2000, the building was landmarked.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/zoos/bronx-zoo |title=History of the Bronx Zoo: NYC Parks |access-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-date=April 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160407100632/http://www.nycgovparks.org/about/history/zoos/bronx-zoo |url-status=live}}</ref> The building is east of the Children's Zoo and south of Madagascar!.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/exhibits/zoo-center |title=Zoo Center - Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 1, 2016 |archive-date=April 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160412174648/http://bronxzoo.com/exhibits/zoo-center |url-status=live}}</ref>

The building was originally designed as the zoo's Elephant House and has held all three [[elephant]] species over its history.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/nyregion/the-bronx-zoos-loneliest-elephant.html |title=The Bronx Zoo's Loneliest Elephant |date=June 28, 2015 |work=The New York Times |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=November 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171106150419/https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/28/nyregion/the-bronx-zoos-loneliest-elephant.html |url-status=live}}</ref> The building has also been home to various [[rhinoceros]] species, [[hippopotamus]], [[Bactrian camel]], [[Malayan tapir]] and [[North Sulawesi babirusa]]. The building also held Rapunzel, one of the few [[Sumatran rhino]]s held in U.S. zoos, until her death in 2005.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/nyregion/rapunzel-the-rhino-is-mourned-in-bronx.html |title=Rapunzel the Rhino is Mourned in Bronx |newspaper=The New York Times |date=December 24, 2005 |last1=Newman |first1=Andy |access-date=February 6, 2017 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208122539/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/24/nyregion/rapunzel-the-rhino-is-mourned-in-bronx.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Bison Range====
The Bison Range is in the northeast corner of the zoo,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/exhibits/american-bison |title=American Bison |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 1, 2016 |archive-date=April 18, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160418003517/http://bronxzoo.com/exhibits/american-bison |url-status=live}}</ref> and has been a feature of the zoo since its opening, having been only renovated since 1971. The range initially served to breed [[Plains bison]], who were in danger of becoming [[Extinct species|extinct]] in the United States. The exhibit is one of the few large herds of bison in U.S. zoos. In 1913, at the behest of the [[American Bison Society]], fourteen bison were transported from the range to [[Montana]]'s [[National Bison Range]], as well as to [[Wind Cave National Park]] in [[South Dakota]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/26/marking-the-100-year-anniversary-of-historic-transfer-of-bison-from-the-bronx-zoo-to-wind-cave-national-park/ |title=Marking the 100-year Anniversary of Historic Transfer of Bison from the Bronx Zoo to Wind Cave National Park |author=Wildlife Conservation Society |work=National Geographic (blogs) |access-date=April 13, 2016 |archive-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405090708/http://voices.nationalgeographic.com/2013/11/26/marking-the-100-year-anniversary-of-historic-transfer-of-bison-from-the-bronx-zoo-to-wind-cave-national-park/ |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Northern Ponds====
[[File:Swan (51203129280).jpg|thumb|Swan wading through one of the many ponds]]
Northern Ponds is a series of naturalistic ponds home to a variety of [[waterfowl]] and other aquatic birds both wild and captive. Captive residents include [[red-crowned crane]]s, [[Red-breasted goose|red-breasted geese]], [[Lesser white-fronted goose|lesser white-fronted geese]], [[ruddy duck]]s, [[barnacle geese]], [[mute swan]]s and [[trumpeter swan]]s. A wide variety of wild bird species can also be found in the ponds, including several native [[duck]]s such as [[mallard]]s and [[merganser]]s, as well as other birds such as [[black-crowned night heron|black-capped night-heron]]s.<ref>https://map.bronxzoo.com/places/52-northern-ponds</ref>

In June 2024, a red-crowned crane chick hatched in this exhibit.<ref>https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/23041/Red-Crowned-Crane-One-of-the-Largest-and-Most-Threatened-Crane-Species-in-the-World-Debuts-at-the-Bronx-Zoo.aspx</ref>

====Mitsubishi Riverwalk====
The Mitsubishi Riverwalk is a path that curves around the [[Bronx River]], on the opposite bank from the zoo. It opened in 2004 upon the completion of a cleanup project on the river. The walkway was funded by [[Mitsubishi]] International Corporation Foundation<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/zoo-riverwalk-unveils-free-new-nature-pathway-article-1.590505 |title=Zoo Gets Riverwalk Unveils Free New Nature Pathway |author=Bob Kappstatter |date=April 16, 2004 |work=Daily News |access-date=April 12, 2016 |archive-date=April 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160423215931/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/zoo-riverwalk-unveils-free-new-nature-pathway-article-1.590505 |url-status=live}}</ref> and protects {{cvt|15|acre|ha}} of Bronx River [[Drainage basin|watershed]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/pagefiles/53/FINAL-bronx-river-riparian-invasive-plant-management-plan-april-30-2012.pdf |title=2012 Bronx River Riparian Invasive Plant Management Plan |publisher=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation Natural Resources Group |date=January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421214020/http://www.nycgovparks.org/pagefiles/53/FINAL-bronx-river-riparian-invasive-plant-management-plan-april-30-2012.pdf |archive-date=April 21, 2016}}</ref>

===Paid exhibits and attractions===
One admission to a premium exhibit costs between $12 and 14 per person per exhibit if paid separately. The fee for unlimited admission grants the ticket holder free access to all attractions for that day. Family memberships include full access.<ref name=tix2020>{{cite web |url=https://bronxzoo.com/shop/ticket-options?_ga=2.120465352.1960172573.1600382443-1330887673.1600382443 |title=Tickets |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=September 18, 2020 |archive-date=May 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220531040630/https://bronxzoo.com/shop/ticket-options?_ga=2.120465352.1960172573.1600382443-1330887673.1600382443 |url-status=live}}</ref>

There are nine premium exhibit attractions:
*Budgie Landing
*Bug Carousel
*Butterfly Garden
*Children's Zoo
*Congo Gorilla Forest
*JungleWorld
*Nature Trek
*Wild Asia Monorail
*Zoo Shuttle

The Treetop Adventure Climb and [[Zipline]] requires a different fee and is not part of the admission fee online.<ref name=tix2020/> Thus, it is not included in the park ticket or in any membership.

====Budgie Landing====
Budgie Landing is an exhibit featuring of 1,000 [[budgerigar]]s which opened on May 27, 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Weaver |first=Shaye |date=2023-05-24 |title=You can now be immersed in a thousand colorful birds at the Bronx Zoo |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/news/you-can-now-be-immersed-ina-thousand-colorful-birds-at-the-bronx-zoo-052423 |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Time Out New York}}</ref> Unlike premium attractions and exhibits, Budgie Landing requires all visitors pay a small entrance fee ($5 for regular guests and $3 for members). A complementary feeding stick is handed out with admission.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Budgie Landing |url=https://bronxzoo.com/things-to-do/experiences/budgie-landing |access-date=2024-01-21 |website=Bronx Zoo}}</ref>

====Bug Carousel====
The Bug Carousel has seats shaped like [[insect]]s. Installed in 2005, it has an annual ridership of 540,000 as of 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.carouselworks.com/carPages/bronx.htm |title=The Carousel Works – Bronx Zoo |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026073531/http://www.carouselworks.com/carPages/bronx.htm |archive-date=October 26, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====Butterfly Garden====
[[File:Bronx Zoo - NY - USA - panoramio (30).jpg|thumb|Butterfly Garden]]
This permanent structure is an indoor [[butterfly conservatory]] which lets visitors walk through gardens and meadows and watch the butterflies up close.
<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/butterfly-garden.aspx |title=Butterfly Garden |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 16, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116032346/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/butterfly-garden.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> Built and inaugurated in mid-1996, the attraction is a 170-foot-long maze, where "visitors can walk through the stages of a [[Monarch butterfly|monarch]]'s [[metamorphosis]]" with a [[greenhouse]] in the middle hosting 44 species and over 1,000 butterflies; the greenhouse is really "a plastic tent on an aluminum frame".

The structure, costing $500,000, is the precursor for a future permanent House of Invertebrates in the Monkey House near the Fordham Road entrance. Many species come from the [[New York metropolitan area]], and all species of [[butterfly|butterflies]] and [[moth]]s are from around the continent.
If not successful, the [[Oklahoma City Zoo]] would have purchased it in September 1997.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/23/nyregion/exhibits-aflutter-bronx-zoo-butterfly-tent-will-allow-visitors-mingle-with.html Exhibits Aflutter At the Bronx Zoo;Butterfly Tent Will Allow Visitors To Mingle With Winged Residents] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160901031215/http://www.nytimes.com/1996/05/23/nyregion/exhibits-aflutter-bronx-zoo-butterfly-tent-will-allow-visitors-mingle-with.html |date=September 1, 2016}}, ''The New York Times''. By Douglas Martin. Published: May 23, 1996</ref>

Before the Butterfly Garden opened, this was where the Great [[Ape]] House was located, and it was once home to [[gorilla]]s, [[chimpanzee]]s, [[orangutan]]s, and [[gibbon]]s through the exhibit’s history.

====Children's Zoo====
The original Children's Zoo in the Bronx Zoo opened in 1941 with a [[nursery rhyme|nursery-rhyme]] theme; in 1981, a new Children's Zoo opened, and was instantly successful, seeing almost 250,000 visitors in two months. It closed for renovations in 2013;<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/supportcz/ |title=Support the Children's Zoo |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012073501/http://www.bronxzoo.com/supportcz/ |url-status=live}}</ref> it reopened on May 30, 2015, with new exhibits featuring [[giant anteater]]s, [[common degu]]s, [[Patagonian mara]]s, [[white-nosed coati]]s, [[Hoffmann's two-toed sloth]]s, [[squirrel monkey]]s, [[American flamingo]]s, [[Asian small-clawed otter]]s, [[North American porcupine]]s, [[great horned owl]]s, [[striped skunk]]s, [[prairie dog]]s, [[fennec fox]]es, [[African spurred tortoise]]s, [[Nubian goat]]s, [[zebu]]s, [[alpaca]]s, [[sheep]], [[donkey]]s, [[chicken]]s, [[Domestic duck|duck]]s, [[pig]]s, [[Domestic goose|geese]], and [[domestic turkey]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amny.com/news/bronx-zoo-poised-to-reopen-children-s-zoo-with-new-animals-giant-anteater-pudu-and-more-1.10478317 |title=Bronx Zoo poised to reopen Children's Zoo with new animals: Giant anteater, pudu and more |author=Sheila Anne Feeney |date=May 27, 2015 |work=am New York |access-date=July 4, 2015 |archive-date=July 6, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706010852/http://www.amny.com/news/bronx-zoo-poised-to-reopen-children-s-zoo-with-new-animals-giant-anteater-pudu-and-more-1.10478317 |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Congo Gorilla Forest====
[[File:Okapi Bronx Zoo.jpg|thumb|Okapi in the Congo Gorilla Forest exhibit]]
[[File:Gorilla bronx zoo anagoria.JPG|thumb|An adult male silverback]]
In the southwestern part of the zoo, Congo Gorilla Forest is a {{cvt|6.5|acre|ha|adj=on}} rainforest that is home to the 20 or so [[western lowland gorilla]]s in the zoo. [[Angolan colobus]], [[Wolf's mona monkey|Wolf's guenon]]s, [[pygmy marmoset]]s, [[mandrill]]s, [[okapi]]s, [[red river hog]]s, an [[ornate monitor]], and an [[African rock python]] also call this area home. It also includes a bird exhibit that houses [[white-crested hornbill]]s, [[Congo peafowl]]s, and [[African pygmy goose|African pygmy geese]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |title=Congo Gorilla Forest |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111091037/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>

The Congo Gorilla Forest was opened in 1999 and was visited 7,000,000 times {{as of|2009|lc=yes}}.<ref name="nydn1425743">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-gorilla-exhibit-celebrates-10th-anniversary-article-1.425743 |title=Bronx Zoo's gorilla exhibit celebrates 10th anniversary |work=Daily News |date=July 5, 2009 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012082526/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-gorilla-exhibit-celebrates-10th-anniversary-article-1.425743 |url-status=live}}</ref> In one of the largest breeding groups of [[western lowland gorilla]]s in [[North America]], the exhibit has two troops of gorillas, for a total of 19 gorillas. Since 1999, 14 [[gorilla]]s, 23 [[red river hog]]s, 11 [[Wolf's guenon]]s, and four [[okapi]]s have been born in the exhibit.<ref name="nydn1425743"/> There is also an 8-minute film in the middle of the exhibit, as well as viewing points throughout. In total, there are about 400 animals from 55 species. Over $10.6 million for conservation of Central African habitats has been collected in donations since the exhibit's opening,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wcs.org/where-we-work/africa/republic-of-congo/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |title=Africa - WCS.org |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=July 16, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140716065534/http://www.wcs.org/where-we-work/africa/republic-of-congo/congo-gorilla-forest.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> and the exhibit has netted $12.5 million in exhibit fees {{as of|2014|lc=yes}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/2-baby-gorillas-born-bronx-zoo-article-1.1767591 |title=Pair of baby gorillas born at Bronx Zoo, first in 8 years |work=Daily News |date=April 24, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012082523/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/2-baby-gorillas-born-bronx-zoo-article-1.1767591 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.marthastewart.com/919949/bronx-zoo-congo-gorilla-forest-exhibit |title=Bronx Zoo: Congo Gorilla Forest Exhibit |work=Martha Stewart |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141012023538/http://www.marthastewart.com/919949/bronx-zoo-congo-gorilla-forest-exhibit |archive-date=October 12, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Before the Congo Gorilla Forest was constructed, this site was once South America, and it is known to house [[pygmy hippopotamus]]es, [[tapir]]s, [[giant anteater]]s, [[Patagonian mara]]s, [[guanaco]]s, [[greater rhea]]s, [[babirusa]]s, [[brocket deer]], and [[peccary|peccaries]].

====JungleWorld====
This exhibit is an indoor tropical jungle and home to nearly 800 species<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/jungleworld.aspx |title=JungleWorld |date=May 19, 2014 |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115001637/http://bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/jungleworld.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> including [[Asian small-clawed otter]]s, [[Javan lutung]]s, [[silvery lutung]]s, [[northern white-cheeked gibbon]]s, [[Matschie's tree-kangaroo]]s, [[gharial]]s, a [[carpet python]], [[northern Luzon giant cloud rat]]s, [[greater mouse deer]], [[Malayan tapir]]s, and [[lesser adjutant]]s living in mangroves and on the beaches. Visitors can watch the gibbons swinging or singing and watch the otters play. The exhibit includes species that are usually on the jungle floor including [[stag beetle]]s, [[scorpion]]s and [[fire-bellied toad]]s, but behind glass. A pond with a waterfall lets visitors sit and observe [[gourami]] and [[Fly River turtle]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/jungleworld.aspx |title=JungleWorld |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 15, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115001637/http://bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/jungleworld.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[File:Trachypithecus cristatus at the Bronx Zoo 001.jpg|thumb|left|[[Silvery lutung]]s (''Trachypithecus cristatus''), at JungleWorld]]
Planning for JungleWorld, in the southeastern Wild Asia portion of the zoo, was started in 1977 and completed at a cost of $9.5 million in June 1985. $4.1 million in funds were donated by [[Enid A. Haupt]], a member of the [[New York Zoological Society]]'s board of trustees.<ref name="nyt 1985"/> The building is the largest at the zoo with an area of {{cvt|1|acre|m2}} and a height of {{cvt|55|ft|m}}. There is a wooden path that meanders for {{cvt|0.13|mi|m}}.

The building's design integrates its environment with the path, as no bars are present in the building; the walkway has no full-height barriers and short railings; and only by means of ravines, streams, or cliffs are most of the animals separated from people and each other. There is a [[volcano|volcanic]] [[scrub forest]], a [[mangrove]] [[swamp]], a [[lowland]] [[Evergreen forest|evergreen]] [[rain forest]] with giant trees which merges into a [[Temperate rainforest|mountain rain forest]] and five [[museum]]-like galleries connecting and explaining the habitats.<ref name="nyt 1985">{{cite news |last=Gold |first=Gerald |date=May 26, 1985 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/26/magazine/a-jungle-in-the-bronx.html |title=A Jungle in the Bronx |work=[[The New York Times Magazine]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170519051439/http://www.nytimes.com/1985/05/26/magazine/a-jungle-in-the-bronx.html |archive-date=May 19, 2017}}</ref> The building was built to emphasize the fact that {{cvt|150|acre|ha}} of rainforest is lost every minute.<ref>Bazell, R. (Reporter), & Garrels, A. (Anchor). (July 22, 1985). Indoor Rainforest Opens at The Bronx Zoo. [Television series episode]. NBC Today Show. Retrieved from https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=40260 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141011075631/https://archives.nbclearn.com/portal/site/k-12/browse/?cuecard=40260 |date=October 11, 2014}}</ref>

====Wild Asia Monorail====
[[File:Bronx Zoo Monorail 2011 vc.jpg|thumb|The Monorail]]

The [[monorail]] was inaugurated in 1977 with the rest of the formerly underdeveloped Wild Asia section of the zoo. There are six 9-car monorails on this {{cvt|1.6|mi|km}} ride, originally built by [[Rohr, Inc.|Rohr]]; the ride was refurbished in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.schwagerdavis.com/pdf/10_JR10BronxJR.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=October 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141027063418/http://www.schwagerdavis.com/pdf/10_JR10BronxJR.pdf |archive-date=October 27, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Some animals in the zoo can only be seen on this ride such as [[tiger]]s, [[Przewalski's horse]]s, [[Indian rhinoceros|greater one-horned rhinoceros]], [[Asian elephant]]s, [[red panda]]s, and a plethora of [[even-toed ungulate]]s such as [[axis deer]], [[barasingha]], [[blackbuck]], [[Bactrian deer]], [[gaur]]s, [[brow-antlered deer]], [[babirusa]]s, [[sambar deer]], [[nilgai]], [[red muntjac]]s, [[Indian hog deer]], [[Formosan sika deer]], [[tufted deer]], [[Himalayan tahr]]s, and [[markhor]]s.<ref name="nyc_zoo_history">{{cite web |url=http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_history/zoos/bronx.html |title=Bronx Zoo |work=nycgovparks.org |publisher=New York City |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=September 19, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110919014937/http://www.nycgovparks.org/sub_about/parks_history/zoos/bronx.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

This ride takes visitors through a {{cvt|40|acre|ha|adj=on}} area that recreates the mud wallows and pastures, forests and riverbanks of Asia. Visitors will see [[tiger]]s, [[Indian elephant]]s, [[Indian rhinoceros|rhinos]] and wild horses in their natural habitats. As the monorail travels along the Bronx River, visitors can see native animals including [[egret]]s, [[turtle]]s, and [[duck]]s. The monorail is accessible for wheelchairs up to 26 inches (66&nbsp;cm) wide. Smaller chairs are available at the monorail platform for visitors with wider wheelchairs or motorized scooters.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/wild-asia-monorail.aspx |title=Wild Asia Monorail |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 11, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150111173136/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/wild-asia-monorail.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Nature Trek====
Nature Trek opened on July 1, 2017, in the southeast portion of the park near Wild Asia. It consists of twelve [[Simple suspension bridge|covered rope bridges]]<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.metro.us/things-do/new-york/bronx-zoo-zipline-ropes-course-treetop-adventure |title=The Bronx Zoo's wild zipline and ropes course will make a monkey out of you |date=June 2, 2017 |work=Metro US |access-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803130227/http://www.metro.us/things-do/new-york/bronx-zoo-zipline-ropes-course-treetop-adventure |url-status=live}}</ref> connecting small porches on the sides of towers.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://untappedcities.com/2017/07/07/nycs-bronx-zoo-adds-zip-line-ropes-course-and-nature-trek-to-the-wildlife-experience/ |title=NYC's Bronx Zoo Adds Zip-Line, Ropes Course, and Nature Trek to the Wildlife Experience |date=July 7, 2017 |website=Untapped Cities |access-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-date=July 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170707192740/http://untappedcities.com/2017/07/07/nycs-bronx-zoo-adds-zip-line-ropes-course-and-nature-trek-to-the-wildlife-experience/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/zip-line-50-feet-over-a-river-at-the-new-bronx-zoo-treetop-adventure-053117 |title=Zip-line 50 feet over a river at the new Bronx Zoo Treetop Adventure |last=Pulos |first=Will |date=May 31, 2017 |work=[[Time Out New York]] |access-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-date=August 3, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090230/https://www.timeout.com/newyork/blog/zip-line-50-feet-over-a-river-at-the-new-bronx-zoo-treetop-adventure-053117 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite news |url=http://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2017/28/28-zoo-2017-07-14-bx.html |title=Bronx Zoo launches new aerial attractions |last=Cusano |first=Arthur |date=July 15, 2017 |work=[[Bronx Times]] |access-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716041003/http://www.bxtimes.com/stories/2017/28/28-zoo-2017-07-14-bx.html |archive-date=July 16, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> There are also elevated tunnels and a large [[overlook]], as well as several small challenges resembling ''[[American Ninja Warrior]]'' obstacles.<ref name=":0" /> On the ground is a play area with a sandbox, water sprinklers and structures, and branches.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://bronxzoo.com/nature-trek |title=Nature Trek |publisher=Bronx Zoo |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090654/https://bronxzoo.com/nature-trek |archive-date=August 3, 2017|url-status=dead |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> Nature Trek is partially wheelchair-accessible<ref name=":0" /> and contains ramps of varying difficulties.<ref name=":1" /> This attraction discourages visitors who are wearing footwear such as [[flip-flops]]; [[High-heeled footwear|high heels]] are prohibited.<ref name=":4" /> As part of a push for environmental sustainability, some parts of the attraction are made of [[black locust]], and the structures use existing trees within the forest.<ref name=":1" />

====Bronx Zoo Treetop Adventure====
The Treetop Adventure section opened on July 7, 2017, in the northeast portion of the park near Bronx River Parking. It consists of seven different levels of rope courses: two each of beginner, intermediate, and advanced, and one expert course.<ref name=":0" /> There is also a {{cvt|400|ft|m|adj=on}} [[zip-line]] course traversing {{cvt|50|ft|m}} the Bronx River in both directions.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> The attraction also contains [[Rope Bridge|rope]] and [[swinging bridge]]s, ladders and rolling and swinging objects. Separate from the rest of the zoo, it charges its own entry fee;<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=http://bronxzootreetop.com/visitor-info/faqs |title=FAQs |website=Treetop Adventure |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170713084255/http://bronxzootreetop.com/visitor-info/faqs |archive-date=July 13, 2017|url-status=dead |access-date=July 16, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":2" /> the fee is only applied to those who are climbing on the objects or using the zip-line.<ref name=":5" /> Open year-round,<ref name=":0" /> the attraction prohibits riders who are less than 7 years old and less than {{cvt|50|lb|kg}}, or more than {{cvt|275|lb|kg}}.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":0" />

====Dinosaur Safari====
Dinosaur Safari takes visitors on a safari ride through a normally off-exhibit 2-acre wooded area and features [[Animatronics|animatronic]] [[dinosaur]]s from throughout time, starting at 300-million-years ago in the [[Permian Period]] and ending 235-million-years later in the [[Cretaceous Period]]. The ride lasts approximately 20 minutes. The "robo-saurs" are manufactured by Billings Productions, who lease them out to sites all over the world. The exhibit features more popular species such as the ''[[Tyrannosaurus rex]]'', ''[[Triceratops]]'', ''[[Stegosaurus]]'', ''[[Velociraptor]]'' and ''[[Brachiosaurus]]'', as well as less well-known species such as the ''[[Pachycephalosaurus]]'', ''[[Carnotaurus]]'' and ''[[Spinosaurus]]''. The ride's ''[[Dilophosaurus]]'' spit water at visitors as a nod to the species' acid-spitting abilities in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Jurassic Park (film)|Jurassic Park]]'' film and [[Michael Crichton]]'s [[Jurassic Park (novel)|novel]], even though there is no reason to believe the living animal did so.<ref name=":6">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dinosaur-safari-debuts-bronx-zoo-weekend-article-1.1352166 |title=See It: Dinosaur Safari debuts at Bronx Zoo this weekend |author=Barry Paddock |date=May 23, 2013 |work=Daily News |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305171013/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/dinosaur-safari-debuts-bronx-zoo-weekend-article-1.1352166 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=":7">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/dinosaurs-rumble-bronx-zoo-article-1.1732648 |title=Dinosaurs rumble into Bronx Zoo |author=Tim O'Connor |date=March 25, 2014 |work=Daily News |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305155745/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/dinosaurs-rumble-bronx-zoo-article-1.1732648 |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit originally ran through the summers of 2013<ref name=":6" /> and 2014<ref name=":7" /> and returned for the 2019 season.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.amny.com/things-to-do/dinosaur-safari-bronx-zoo-1.28193507 |title=They're back! Bronx Zoo offers a 'Dinosaur Safari' |website=am New York |date=April 12, 2019 |access-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-date=June 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190629015146/https://www.amny.com/things-to-do/dinosaur-safari-bronx-zoo-1.28193507 |url-status=live}}</ref> It also returned for the 2022 season as a walking trail, and after a three year hiatus.<ref>https://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/17391/Ancient-History-Meets-Present-Day-Dinosaur-Safari-NOW-OPEN-at-Bronx-Zoo.aspx#:~:text=Bronx%2C%20NY%20–%20April%2012%2C,like%20in%20pre%2Dhistoric%20times</ref>

On April 12, 2025, Dinosaur Safari opened once again. Visitors can get up-close to life-sized animatronics of dinosaurs and pterosaurs plus 11 new ones. Kids can dig up ancient fossils in a sandbox, and they can walk through a ribcage and enjoy photo ops with dinosaur eggs.<ref>https://bronxzoo.com/dinosaur-safari</ref>

===Former exhibits===
====World of Darkness====
World of Darkness opened in 1969 and was the world's first major exhibit designed specifically to introduce the public to [[nocturnal]] animals such as the Chinese [[leopard cat]] (''Prionailurus bengalensis chinensis''), [[naked mole-rat]]s, [[bay duiker]], [[Pallas's long-tongued bat]], [[spiny mouse]], [[Gray mouse lemur|lesser mouse lemur]], [[Common genet|small spotted genet]], [[lesser spear-nosed bat]]s, [[spotted skunk]], [[Fat-tailed dwarf lemur|fat-tailed lemur]]s [[Jamaican fruit bat]], [[Mohol bushbaby]], [[cloud rat]], [[Hoffman's two-toed sloth]], [[rock cavy]], [[pygmy slow loris]], [[New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat|short-tailed bat]]s, [[striped skunk]], [[Gray-bellied night monkey|grey-legged night monkey]], [[sand cat]], [[Rodriguez flying fox]], [[brush-tailed porcupine]], [[broad-snouted caiman]], [[Erycinae|sand boa]], [[Cane toad|marine toad]], and [[fluorescent]] [[Emperor scorpion|scorpion]]s.<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bronx-Zoo |title=Bronx Zoo |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312090815/https://www.britannica.com/place/Bronx-Zoo |url-status=live}}</ref> Built by [[Morris Ketchum Jr. & Associates]], the house was built where the zoo's Rocking Stone Restaurant stood until 1942. The exhibit used [[Safelight|red-lights]] to dimly illuminate the enclosures within the windowless building. Like all nocturnal exhibits, the house ran on a reversed lighting schedule, which simulated night and day at opposite times to allow visitors to view nocturnal animals in a more naturalistic setting.<ref>{{cite web |last=Soter |first=Tim |date=April 30, 2009 |url=http://blog.timsoter.com/world-of-darkness/ |title=World of Darkness |work=Tim Soter... Blog. |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820010136/http://blog.timsoter.com/world-of-darkness/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to budget cuts and the high cost of running the exhibit, it was closed in 2009.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="dailyfinance.com"/> On November 28, 2024, during the 98th [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], the zoo ran a float that hinted at the return of the exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/bronxzoo/p/DC7h2QysNa8/?img_index=1 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Instagram}}</ref> This was later confirmed on December 4 when the zoo announced that the exhibit would reopen on July 12, 2025, it will feature [[broad-snouted caiman]]s, [[sand cat]]s, [[common vampire bat]]s, [[Megabat|fruit bats]], [[Hoffmann's two-toed sloth]]s, [[naked mole-rat]]s, [[blood python]]s, [[Timor python]]s, [[douroucouli]]s, [[pygmy slow loris]]es, and [[aye-aye]]s.<ref>https://bronxzoo.com/things-to-do/exhibits/world-of-darkness</ref>

====Rare Animal Range====
Rare Animal Range was a trail which focused on highly endangered species.<ref name="britannica.com"/> Featured species included [[guanaco]], [[Formosan sika deer]], [[black-and-white ruffed lemur|pied ruffed lemurs]] and [[blue-eyed black lemur]]s.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://nypost.com/2009/04/24/wild-fired-by-the-zoo/ |title=Wild-Fired by the Zoo |date=April 24, 2009 |work=New York Post |access-date=January 28, 2018 |archive-date=March 6, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306154102/https://nypost.com/2009/04/24/wild-fired-by-the-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/04/24/bad-economy-causes-bronx-zoo-t/ |title=Bad Economy Causes Bronx Zoo to Evict Animals |work=Living the Scientific Life (Scientist, Interrupted) |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306091236/http://scienceblogs.com/grrlscientist/2009/04/24/bad-economy-causes-bronx-zoo-t/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit also had duplicate enclosures for the zoo's [[Arabian oryx]], [[blesbok]], [[Père David's deer]] and [[broad-snouted caiman]] as well as a large pond with a pair of small islands in the center which were home to a pair of [[golden-cheeked crested gibbon|golden-cheeked gibbons]]. They had the Big Birds exhibits, which were lawns for [[ostrich]]es, [[emu]]s, [[Rhea (bird)|rhea]]s, and [[Southern cassowary|cassowaries]]. Due to budget cuts and the unpopularity of many of the species, the zoo was forced to close the exhibit in 2009.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="dailyfinance.com"/>

While most of the species left the zoo when the exhibit closed, the Formosan sika deer were moved to the Wild Asia Monorail and the Père David's deer remained in their primary enclosure across from Tiger Mountain while the blue-eyed black lemurs were moved to Madagascar! where they are rotated with the Coquerel's sifakas. While no longer at the zoo, pied ruffed lemurs can still be seen at the zoo's partner institute, the [[Central Park Zoo]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://centralparkzoo.com/exhibits/tropic-zone-the-rainforest |title=Tropic Zone: The Rainforest – Central Park Zoo |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303042906/http://centralparkzoo.com/exhibits/tropic-zone-the-rainforest |url-status=live}}</ref> The zoo's popular Dinosaur Safari ran through a part of this area and the zoo's yearly Run for the Wild event runs through its entirety.

On April 20, 2024, the Animal Chronicles opened in honor of the 125th Anniversary of the Bronx Zoo. it features 13 scenes of 68 animal eco-sculptures that showcase key achievements in the zoo’s 125 year history of saving animal species and connecting visitors to wildlife.

====Skyfari====
[[File:Bronx Zoo 005.jpg|thumb|Skyfari gondolas]]
The Skyfari was a popular [[gondola lift]] which transported visitors from the Zoo Center to the Asian Plaza, running over African Plains and several other popular exhibits at the zoo. The seasonal exhibit ran from April to October and rose {{cvt|60|to|100|ft}} feet in the air. With around 490,000 riders annually, the lift was the zoo's third most popular attraction after Congo Gorilla Forest and the Wild Asia Monorail. Despite its popularity, ticket sales for it were barely breaking-even and [[maintenance cost]]s led to a loss of profit. On July 8, 2008, high winds and heat led to one of the cars derailing, which trapped thirty-six passengers for up to five hours.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/nyregion/10zoo.html |title=Dozens Stuck in Midair at the Bronx Zoo |last1=Lee |first1=Trymaine |date=July 10, 2008 |work=The New York Times |access-date=June 29, 2019 |last2=Baker |first2=Al |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=October 7, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191007094838/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/10/nyregion/10zoo.html |url-status=live}}</ref> Due to this, along with heavy budget cuts, the ride was permanently closed in January 2009, after 35 years of operation.<ref name="ReferenceC">{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-skyfari-article-1.421680 |title=Bronx Zoo to take down Skyfari |date=January 24, 2009 |website=Daily News |access-date=June 28, 2019 |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817200557/https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/bronx-zoo-skyfari-article-1.421680 |url-status=live}}</ref>

====Monkey House====
The Monkey House, which first opened in 1901 and was originally named the Primate House, closed in late February 2012 after 111 years of operation.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/closing-the-monkey-house-and-the-end-of-a-shared-experience/ |title=Closing the Monkey House: The End of a Shared Experience |author=Krystal D'Costa |work=Scientific American Blog Network |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208232954/https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/anthropology-in-practice/closing-the-monkey-house-and-the-end-of-a-shared-experience/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="bz-monkeys">{{cite web |url=http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/monkey-house.aspx |title=Monkey House |publisher=Bronx Zoo |access-date=May 31, 2010 |archive-date=January 30, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120130201357/http://www.bronxzoo.com/animals-and-exhibits/exhibits/monkey-house.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> At the time of closing, it was home to [[cotton-top tamarins]], [[white-faced saki]]s, [[Wied's marmoset]]s, [[moustached tamarin]]s, [[black-chinned emperor tamarin]]s, [[Goeldi's monkey]]s and [[gray-handed night monkey|grey-handed night-monkey]]s, as well as [[Brazilian porcupine]]s and [[Pallas's long-tongued bat]]s. This was the building where [[Ota Benga]] spent most of his time during his stay at the zoo.<ref name="bz-monkeys"/>

Some of the primates that were in the now-closed exhibit have been moved to other parts of the zoo, such as the cotton-top tamarins now being found in World of Birds; others were sent to other New York City zoos, such as the sakis being moved to the [[Central Park Zoo]]. [[White-headed capuchin]]s can still be seen in an outdoor cage behind the building.<ref name="bz-monkeys"/>

====Amazing Amphibians====
Amazing Amphibians was a short-lived exhibition which opened in the zoo's Zoo Center in June 2008 and only remained for a few years. The exhibit featured several educational displays on [[amphibian]] conservation as well as a few [[terrarium]]s containing several amphibian species. Highlight species included [[Cranwell's horned frog|Chacoan horned frog]], [[Puerto Rican crested toad]], [[smooth-sided toad]] and [[common mudpuppy]].<ref>http://69.18.170.136/multimedia/headlines/amazing-amphibians.aspx{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

While none of these species are currently on-exhibit at the zoo, the Puerto Rican crested toads can be seen at the [[Central Park Zoo]], which breeds this species for [[Species reintroduction|reintroduction]] back into [[Puerto Rico]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.waza.org/en/site/conservation/waza-conservation-projects/overview/puerto-rican-crested-toad-species-survival-plan |title=Overview: WAZA: World Association of Zoos and Aquariums |author=WAZA |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306131639/http://www.waza.org/en/site/conservation/waza-conservation-projects/overview/puerto-rican-crested-toad-species-survival-plan |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

====4-D Theater====
The 4-D Theater showed [[4D film|4-D films]] with the help of [[3D film|3-D film]] and built-in sensory effects, including moving seats, wind, mist, and scents.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/activities/4-d-theater |title=4-D Theater – Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 1, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304210011/http://bronxzoo.com/activities/4-d-theater |archive-date=March 4, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Produced by [[SimEx-Iwerks]], the theater showed condensed versions of popular children's movies. The 4-D Theater previously showed ''[[Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs]] '', one episode of ''[[Dora the Explorer (TV series)|Dora the Explorer]]'', ''[[Rio (2011 film)|Rio]]'' and ''[[Storks (film)|Storks]]''. It closed in 2019 and was replaced with a giraffe encounter where guests can feed the giraffes for a fee.

====The Most Dangerous Animal in the World====
[[File:Bronx Zoo exhibit.png|thumb|upright|[[The Most Dangerous Animal in the World]] exhibit at the Bronx Zoo, 1963]]
[[The Most Dangerous Animal in the World]] exhibit debuted at the Bronx Zoo on April 26, 1963.<ref name="Christi">{{cite news |title=Zoo has 'Startling Exhibit' |url=https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-27-1963-3173850/ |access-date=April 20, 2022 |work=[[Corpus Christi Times]] |date=April 27, 1963 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421020222/https://newspaperarchive.com/other-articles-clipping-apr-27-1963-3173850/ |url-status=live}}</ref> The exhibit was installed at the Great Apes House and it featured a statement about the danger humans pose.<ref name="Stange">{{cite book |last1=Stange |first1=Mary Zeiss |title=Woman the Hunter |date=1997 |publisher=Beacon Press |location=Boston |isbn=978-0807046388 |page=212 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PQb4UYAdz58C&pg=PA212 |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421020221/https://www.google.com/books/edition/Woman_the_Hunter/PQb4UYAdz58C?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=the+most+dangerous+animal+in+the+world+exhibit+bronx+zoo&pg=PA212&printsec=frontcover |url-status=live}}</ref>

The words: "The Most Dangerous Animal in the World" were printed in red on top of a cage.<ref name="Rare">{{cite web |title=In 1963, the Bronx Zoo Had an Exhibit Called 'The Most Dangerous Animal in the World' |url=https://rare.us/rare-media/entertainment-and-culture/rare-animals/most-dangerous-animal-in-the-world-bronx-zoo/ |website=[[Rare (website)|Rare]] |date=July 20, 2020 |publisher=Rare Media LLC |access-date=April 20, 2022 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421020221/https://rare.us/rare-media/entertainment-and-culture/rare-animals/most-dangerous-animal-in-the-world-bronx-zoo/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Behind the bars of the cage there was a mirror. The exhibit was reportedly still at the zoo in 1981.<ref name="Abisch">{{cite news |last1=Abisch |first1=Barry |title=Brave New Zoo |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100120737/dangerous-humans/ |access-date=April 20, 2022 |issue=Suburbia Today |work=[[The Journal News]] |date=August 9, 1981 |archive-date=April 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220421020223/https://www.newspapers.com/clip/100120737/dangerous-humans/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

===WCS's Run for the Wild===
In April 2008, the zoo hosted the first Run for the Wild event. The event is a [[5k run]] ({{cvt|5|km|mi}} long) organized by the Wildlife Conservation Society with the goal of raising money and awareness for their conservation programs of endangered species. Each year, there is a set entry fee for participants with varying prices depending on age; child (3–15), adult, and senior (65+). WCS Members get a discounted fee. Along with the entry fee, there is a $35 minimum donation per adult/senior participant. The event offers free prizes for donors, based on donation size, ranging from a Run for the Wild T-shirt to a special animal experience at the zoo. All donations are [[Tax deduction|tax-deductible]]. All participants are also offered free all-day entry to the zoo and its paid exhibits/attractions. The yearly event takes place at the end of April and originally began at 8&nbsp;am for those wishing to actually run, and 8:45 for those who wish to simply walk or jog; the start times were changed to 7&nbsp;am and 7:45&nbsp;am in later years.<ref name=5k/>

The event takes participants through the zoo before opening hours, starting at the Bronx River Parkway Entrance, through the Asian Plaza and African Plains, and ending by the Rockefeller Fountain near Astor Court. The trail also takes runners through the now-closed section of the zoo where the Rare Animal Range once stood. Each year, the event focuses on a specific endangered species or animal group to help raise funds for: 2009's run was for [[gorilla]]s, 2010 focused on [[tiger]]s, 2011 helped raise funds to protect the [[Punta Tombo]] peninsula of [[Argentina]] for [[Magellanic penguin]]s, 2012 focused on [[lion]]s, both 2013 and 2014 focused on [[elephant]]s, 2015 once again was for gorillas, and 2016's run will allow participants to run on behalf of their favorite animal.<ref name="5k">See:
*{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5522/Presented-by-Con-Edison-The-WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-2012-Run-to-Save-Lions.aspx |title=Presented by Con Edison: The WCS Run for the Wild 2012: Run to Save Lions |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306220827/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5522/Presented-by-Con-Edison-The-WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-2012-Run-to-Save-Lions.aspx |url-status=live}}
*{{cite web |url=http://abc7ny.com/archive/8019004/ |title=Run for the Wild 2011! |work=ABC7 New York |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303014333/http://abc7ny.com/archive/8019004/ |url-status=live}}
*{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5936/WCS-Announces-the-5th-Annual-WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-at-the-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |title=WCS Announces the 5th Annual WCS Run for the Wild at the Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306215807/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5936/WCS-Announces-the-5th-Annual-WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-at-the-Bronx-Zoo.aspx |url-status=live}}
*{{cite web |url=http://www.allsportcentral.com/EventInfo.cfm?EventID=21287 |title=Wildlife Conservation Society/Bronx Zoo Run For The Wild 2009 (2009) - AllSportCentral.com - Registration. Results. Relax. |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 31, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220331124537/http://www.allsportcentral.com/EventInfo.cfm?EventID=21287 |url-status=live}}
*{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6202/WCSs-Run-for-the-Wild-Takes-Runners-Around-the-World-in-Only-Five-Kilometers.aspx |title=WCS's 'Run for the Wild' Takes Runners Around the World in Only Five Kilometers |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306214457/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/6202/WCSs-Run-for-the-Wild-Takes-Runners-Around-the-World-in-Only-Five-Kilometers.aspx |url-status=live}}
*{{cite web |url=http://abc7ny.com/society/run-for-the-wild-gorillas-at-bronx-zoo/604728/ |title=Run for the Wild Bronx Zoo |work=ABC7 New York |date=April 28, 2015 |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303014054/http://abc7ny.com/society/run-for-the-wild-gorillas-at-bronx-zoo/604728/ |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://bronxzoo.com/run-for-the-wild |title=Run for the Wild – Bronx Zoo |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305100603/http://bronxzoo.com/run-for-the-wild |url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2011, another WCS institute, the [[New York Aquarium]], held its own Run for the Wild event for [[sea turtle]]s in early October. The 5k run began at the aquarium and led down the [[Riegelmann Boardwalk]] on [[Coney Island]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walkjogrun.net/events/running/WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-at-the-New-York-Aquarium/aid-4df14b1d-e483-42cd-8dbc-77a140a134d8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307133642/http://www.walkjogrun.net/events/running/WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-at-the-New-York-Aquarium/aid-4df14b1d-e483-42cd-8dbc-77a140a134d8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 7, 2016 |title=WCS Run for the Wild at the New York Aquarium |work=WalkJogRun.net}}</ref> The aquarium held a second run the following year for [[walrus]]es.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5659/Second-Annual-WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-in-Brooklyn-is-Dedicated-to-Saving-Walruses-and-Other-Wildlife.aspx |title=Second Annual WCS Run for the Wild in Brooklyn is Dedicated to Saving Walruses and Other Wildlife |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306214659/http://newsroom.wcs.org/News-Releases/articleType/ArticleView/articleId/5659/Second-Annual-WCS-Run-for-the-Wild-in-Brooklyn-is-Dedicated-to-Saving-Walruses-and-Other-Wildlife.aspx |url-status=live}}</ref> The event has not returned to the aquarium since.