Actually, although there are three macaques in the exhibit the zoomobile drives by, there are also three others in the original Barbary ape...
TZFan: the job of TAGs is to recommend which species can best be served by North American zoos (and to highlight which species zoos should be...
There is one snowflake eel living in with the lionfish, but he's hardly ever visible. He's made his home underneath the coral structure in the...
The hippo exhibit was actually home to our very first warthogs (Gonzo and Roberta) during the stretch when we were hippo-less! The exhibit was...
Using "Wallace's Line" as the boundary between the zoogeographic regions, Komodo dragons are in the right pavilion! And besides the Komodo...
Zoomaniac, Welcome to Toronto! The zoo is, unfortunately, on the opposite end of the city to the airport - the distance is ~45 km! Both are...
Hamlet and Tessie were at the zoo in the "Edge of Night" exhibit from the mid 1980's up until the recent Australasia renovation, when Tessie...
San Diego has a pair of hairy-nosed wombats (their female is Hamlet's daughter); Brookfield has 2.2 (including Hamlet's grand-daughter and two...
No, Annie the echidna is still at the zoo and in the exhibit. She stays pretty well hidden, though. Pick up a pair of female wombats?! I've...
I'm pretty sure they were in the scimitar-horned oryx paddock (based on old maps I've seen and the layout of the paddock) - definitely a shocker...
A fantastic new album has been posted on Facebook by "Vintage Toronto" with old photos from Riverdale Zoo, High Park Zoo, and from the then-Metro...
Thorough and detailed, as always!! Thanks for posting!
With the exception of a small population of Zambian sable antelope in San Diego, all North American sable antelope are managed as a generic...
New old (1975) photos on Flickr: 1975torontozoo01 | Flickr - Photo...
FYI, a new female tapir arrived last week - she's currently in quarantine.
For those interested in a visual history of the zoo, there is now a series of DVDs in the gift shop ($9.99 each), re-recorded from VHS tapes that...
Good news / bad news about Maximus the alligator snapping turtle: he is doing well, but has moved to Florida, where he has a larger outdoor pool...
The baby goats are triplet West Caucasian tur which were being hand-reared. They're now being integrated back into the herd.
That's actually TWO singing dogs, OSM20: one male (neutered) and one female (maybe spayed?)
There are some very cool animals in Australasia, including the only little pied cormorants in a North American zoo and a hairy-nosed wombat. As...
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