Bronx Zoo plants mini-forest of ‘functionally extinct’ trees after species was ravaged fungus

The zoo is branching out. The Bronx Zoo introduced a “functionally extinct” tree species at its grounds Monday — more than a ...

The Bronx Zoo is Bringing Back a Tree That Almost Vanished From America

The Bronx Zoo is bringing back a long-lost tree to the park. Twenty-five hybrid American chestnut trees are being planted ...
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American Chestnut Trees, Functionally Extinct in the Wild, Return to the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo for the First Time in More Than a Century

At the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo on Oct. 5, 2026, 20 American chestnut trees resistant to a fungus that wiped out 4 billion of these trees in the early 1900's were planted in three ...
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American chestnut trees return to Bronx Zoo after over a century

Twenty American chestnut trees are now taking root at the Bronx Zoo. The 2-to-3-feet-tall saplings were planted this week in three spots around the zoo, including along the Bronx River. A fungus ...

Bronx Zoo Welcomes Adorable New Snow Leopard Cub, Member of Rare Species Threatened with Extinction

Bronx Zoo has debuted Sarka, a 4-month-old snow leopard cub. After having her routine vaccinations and passing her physical ...

American chestnut returns to Bronx Zoo after 120 years; 25 saplings planted in NYC

The American chestnut is returning to the Bronx Zoo more than 120 years after blight was first documented there. The zoo and ...
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Bronx Zoo welcomes Snow Leopard cub

A new Snow Leopard cub is at the Bronx Zoo! Her name is Sarka and she was born on May 31. The zoo says she passed her ...

20 Chestnut Trees: A Cause for Celebration at the Bronx Zoo

American chestnut trees were wiped out more than a century ago. Now, new trees that are fungus-resistant are being planted at ...
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Bronx zoo tiger tests positive for coronavirus

A tiger at New York's Bronx Zoo has tested positive for COVID-19, the institution said on Sunday, and is believed to have contracted the virus from a caretaker who was asymptomatic at the time.
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The American Chestnut tree returns to the Bronx Zoo after more than a century

The Bronx Zoo is getting 25 blight-resistant chestnut saplings as part of the effort to bring the tree back from extinction.

Bronx Zoo welcomes new snow leopard cub

The Wildlife Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo has welcomed a new baby female snow leopard cub named Sarka. The cub, born in May 2026, is the eighth snow leopard to reside at the zoo. Snow leopards, ...