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Satellite image of the Bronx from May 2022. Landsat near-infrared bands highlight areas of vegetation in false color. The New York City borough of the Bronx is one of the most densely populated places in the United States, but is home to a wide range of wildlife. The borough has a land area of 42 sq mi (110 km 2), [1] of which 24 percent is ...
At least 195 bird species were confirmed to breed in the area, with a total of 410 species of birds recorded in the Greater Toronto Area (either breeding, in migration, or vagrant). [1] [31] A number of birds pass through the Toronto while migrating, with the city being situated around where the Atlantic and the Mississippi migratory flyways ...
Birders in the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge in 1973 Peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) perches on Throgs Neck Bridge between the Bronx and Queens. Most of the Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, including the parts accessible to the public, are located in Queens. [41] More species have been seen at the refuge than in any other location in the city ...
Tour through Bronx Zoo, 1950. The Wildlife Conservation Society was originally chartered by the government of the State of New York, on April 26, 1895. [6] [7]: 52 Then known as the New York Zoölogical Society, [6] the organization embraced a mandate to advance native wildlife conservation, promote the study of zoology, and create a first-class zoological park that would be free to the public ...
Canada's largest national wildlife region is the Scott Islands Marine National Wildlife Area, which spans 11,570.65 square kilometres (4,467.45 sq mi), [71] protects critical breeding and nesting habitat for over 40 percent of British Columbia's seabirds. [72]
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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, [5] comprising 265 acres (107 ha) of park lands and naturalistic habitats separated by the Bronx River.
The Prospect Park Zoo is part of the Wildlife Conservation Society, an integrated network of four zoos and an aquarium spread throughout New York City. [a] Located at 450 Flatbush Avenue, across from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, the zoo is situated on a 12-acre (4.9 ha) plot [2] somewhat lower than street level in Prospect Park.