Bronx Zoo

Bronx Zoo Connecting guests to wildlife & wild places
🐯 10,000+ animals
🌳 265 acres in the heart of NYC
🦍 AZA-accredited zoo
🌎 ’s flagship park

For the most up-to-date info, visit https://bronxzoo.com/

01/02/2026

This is the final weekend to experience Bronx Zoo Holiday Lights before it closes January 4! With millions of dazzling lights and hundreds of wildlife lanterns glowing across six immersive safari trails, there’s no better way to celebrate the season.

Bundle up and explore the new Freeze Zone, featuring thrilling snow tube slides, snowman photo ops, and virtual snowball fun. Take a deep dive into the Enchanted Sea with glowing jellyfish, interactive floor projections, and friendly puppets, then warm up at the Patio with cozy treats like hot chocolate and s’mores.

Don’t miss your chance, save 20% on Holiday Lights tickets with code LASTCHANCE: https://bit.ly/3573ZkV

Holiday Lights is proudly sponsored by Con Edison

Happy New Year! The Bronx Zoo is closed today, but we’re open tomorrow, and so is Holiday Lights, New York City’s favori...
01/01/2026

Happy New Year! The Bronx Zoo is closed today, but we’re open tomorrow, and so is Holiday Lights, New York City’s favorite holiday tradition!
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Rest up and get ready to join us for millions of lights, hundreds of animal lanterns, kids’ holiday train, ice-carving demos, seasonal treats, and so much more! It’s the perfect celebratory winter break activity. Get tickets: https://bit.ly/3573ZkV

Holiday Lights is proudly sponsored by Con Edison

📸: WCS photographer, Terria Clay

12/31/2025

That’s a wrap for 2025! These are the stories you loved most this year. We'll be back in the new year with more incredible animal content from around the Bronx Zoo. Tell us in the comments what zoo animals you can't wait to see in 2026!

Which Amur tiger do you relate to today? Tell us in the comments!📸: WCS photographer, Terria Clay
12/30/2025

Which Amur tiger do you relate to today? Tell us in the comments!

📸: WCS photographer, Terria Clay

12/29/2025

When the first snow of the season turned the Bronx Zoo into a winter wonderland, this California sea lion made the most of it! Sea lions are well adapted to the cold and are quite comfortable exploring and playing with the snow. One of the ways sea lions stay warm and maintain their body temperatures when it gets colder is to increase their blubber. In the winter, they build up thick layers by doubling their fish intake. Are you ready for some winter fun of your own at the zoo?

12/26/2025

Spend the day surrounded by nature at the Bronx Zoo! Wander through our exhibits and discover amazing animals including Amur tigers, brown bears, red pandas, snow leopards, and more. Spending just 20 minutes outside and connecting with our natural world can help lower stress—something we could all use after the hectic holidays.

Come for the animals, stay for the lights! Arrive at 3pm, and your Holiday Lights tickets allow you to experience a full hour of visiting your favorite animals before the park transforms into a winter wonderland. Create lifelong memories and traditions with your family at the Bronx Zoo’s Holiday Lights: https://bit.ly/3573ZkV

Happy Holidays! The Bronx Zoo is closed, but Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium are ...
12/25/2025

Happy Holidays! The Bronx Zoo is closed, but Central Park Zoo, Queens Zoo, Prospect Park Zoo, and New York Aquarium are open to enjoy.

We’ll be open and glowing tomorrow for Holiday Lights! Don’t miss out on New York City’s favorite holiday tradition over winter break. Use promo code WINTERBREAK to save 20% on your tickets—including the Holiday Lights Any-Night ticket. Now open weeknights and weekends through January 4 from 4pm-9pm. https://bit.ly/3573ZkV

Holiday Lights is proudly sponsored by Con Edison

12/24/2025

In this video, you can see one of our aye-ayes using a bug block provided by our keepers.

Bug blocks are wood enrichment items that our keepers fill with mealworms, wax worms, super worms, and crickets that encourage natural foraging behaviors. Aye-ayes use their specialized fingers and keen senses to tap, probe, and extract food, just like they would in the wild. Enrichment like this helps keep them mentally stimulated and physically active.

🎥: Keeper Brooke

12/23/2025

If you’ve never visited the Bronx Zoo in winter, you are missing out! Many animals, including red pandas, thrive in the colder temperatures and are often more active, making this an optimal time to see them.

At the Bronx Zoo, we work to save some of the world’s most threatened reptiles and amphibians, including species in our ...
12/22/2025

At the Bronx Zoo, we work to save some of the world’s most threatened reptiles and amphibians, including species in our own backyard, like the eastern hellbender. Easter hellbenders are the largest salamanders in North America.

In these photos, Senior Reptile Keeper Kelvin and Hellbender Assistant Gabriel transfer newly hatched eastern hellbender larvae from their hatching trays to specialized grow-out tanks. Through our partnership with the Upper Susquehanna Conservation Alliance, hellbender eggs are collected from streams in upstate New York and transported to the Bronx Zoo, where they are raised to a size that improves their chances of survival in the wild. Hellbender larvae depend on rocky streambeds to prevent being washed away by stronger currents. Unfortunately, runoff from development projects has altered these streambeds, significantly reducing the number of larvae that survive to adulthood. Once the hellbenders reach an appropriate size, they will be released back into the same streams where they were originally collected.

📸: WCS photographer, Terria Clay

12/20/2025

To give you an idea of how grand our Holiday Lights winter wonderland is, we took to the skies to show you the luminous view from above! Holiday Lights is the best family value in New York this season, with millions of lights and hundreds of wildlife lanterns spread across six lantern trails and 12 acres! Did we mention we added a NEW Freeze Zone? There’s snow tube slides, an epic illuminated ice-themed throne, virtual snowball throwing, and much more!

Don’t miss out on New York City’s favorite holiday tradition over winter break. Use promo code WINTERBREAK to save 20% on your tickets—including the Holiday Lights Any-Night ticket. Now open weeknights and weekends through January 4 from 4pm—9pm. https://bit.ly/3573ZkV

Holiday Lights is proudly sponsored by Con Edison

Experience something new with a wild encounter this winter break! For a limited time, we are offering special virtual me...
12/19/2025

Experience something new with a wild encounter this winter break! For a limited time, we are offering special virtual meet and greet sessions with our penguin, sloth, and more! Enjoy getting to know our animals and keepers better this winter from the comfort of your own home.

Book today: https://bit.ly/3g2aD6s

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2300 Southern Blvd
New York, NY
10460

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Monday 10am - 4:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 4:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 4:30pm
Thursday 10am - 4:30pm
Friday 10am - 4:30pm
Saturday 10am - 4:30pm
Sunday 10am - 4:30pm

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