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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 ...
The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. [5] Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconnected buildings housing 45 permanent exhibition halls, in addition to a planetarium and a library.
Bailiwick Animal Park and Riding Stables, Catskill; Bear Mountain State Park, Stony Point; Bronx Zoo, New York City ; Buffalo Zoo, Buffalo; Central Park Zoo, New York City ; Fort Rickey Discovery Zoo, Rome; Jungle Experience Zoo, Granville; Little Ray's Nature Center, Syracuse; Long Island Game Farm, Manorville; Zoo New York, Watertown
Gus (bear) Gus (1985–August 27, 2013) was a 700-pound (320 kg) [1][2] polar bear and icon of the Central Park Zoo in New York City. [3] His exhibit was visited by over 20 million people during his lifetime. [3][4] He came to public notice in the 1990s, when he began swimming obsessively in his pool for up to 12 hours a day.
Formerly called. New York Zoological Society (1895–1993) The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) is a global 501 (c) (3) non-governmental organization headquartered at the Bronx Zoo in New York City, that states its mission as saving "wildlife and wild places across the globe". [ 2 ] Founded in 1895 as the New York Zoological Society (NYZS ...
Queens Zoo. The Queens Zoo (formerly the Flushing Meadows Zoo and Queens Wildlife Center) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) zoo at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, between Grand Central Parkway and 111th Street. The zoo is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
Western New York: 633-acre park, center operated by the National Audubon Society in partnership with the Buffalo Audubon Society Audubon Community Nature Center: Jamestown: Chautauqua: Western New York: 600 acres Baltimore Woods Nature Center: Marcellus: Onondaga: Central New York: 180 acres Beaver Island State Park Nature Center: Grand Island ...
The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, located on the Riegelmann Boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York City. It was founded at Castle Garden in Battery Park, Manhattan, in 1896, and moved to Coney Island in 1957. The aquarium is operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) as part ...