On Monday, a black bear entered the Essex County Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange, prompting a close for the rest of the day.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A lightning strike ignited a fire at Turtle Back Zoo in Essex County Wednesday night, exposing sea turtles to heavy smoke.

Its feeding time for the giraffes at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Tuesday, May 18, 2021Get Photo Caribbean Flamingos at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Tuesday, May 18, 2021Get Photo Edwin Park ...

Several sea turtles were being treated for smoke inhalation Thursday after a lightning strike sparked a fire at the Sea Turtle Recovery hospital in New Jersey’s Turtle Back Zoo. A lightning bolt hit ...

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Lightning hit the Sea Turtle Recovery Hospital at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey, causing the building to catch fire. The lightning struck the West Orange building ...

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WEST ORANGE, N.J. — Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of all. It was a small, ...

A bolt of lightning struck New Jersey's beloved Turtle Back Zoo as strong storms moved through the area Wednesday night, sparking a fire but injuring no animals badly, authorities say. According to ...

Surprise! It’s a boy and a girl! Baby fever hit Essex County, New Jersey’s Turtle Back Zoo in late November when Makena, the zoo’s three-year-old lioness, gave birth to two healthy — and absolutely ...

Officials with the Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange say that the zoo’s elderly African lion, Sukari, has died. “Sukari was humanely euthanized due to the progression of irreversible kidney disease,” ...