It's impossible to hear the word "dingoes" without thinking of Meryl Streep's famous line in A Cry In The Dark (reenacted here by Elaine on Seinfeld). But now we can associate dingoes with Brooklyn, thanks to the Prospect Park Zoo's new exhibit, which opened today. more ›

Another cow moves on to that great barnyard in the sky today, as word comes from the Prospect Park Zoo that their beloved cow, Aggie, has passed away. more ›

How is the Prospect Zoo celebrating the Lunar New Year, which is the Year of the Rabbit? By reminding everyone of its Giant Flemish Rabbit Herbie's rap video. more ›

Last month Brooklyn got two new baby baboons, but they've been nameless until now. We're told the duo was just dubbed Azizi and Jabari, names that pay homage to their ancestry. The Egyptian names mean "brave" and "precious," and were chosen from at least a thousand suggestions that were submitted to the Prospect Park Zoo, where they live. You can visit them daily from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., and the zoo's director even says they recognize their names now! more ›

Move over, piranhas, Prospect Park is welcoming two new residents to the zoo: baby Hamadryas baboons! The two male babies are the first baboon births at the zoo in six years, and were officially announced by the Wildlife Conservation Society this morning. In a statement, Denise McClean—Director of WCS’s Prospect Park Zoo—said, “Both mothers and babies are doing very well and are one big happy troop.” more ›

After months of its animals dying off, you know what Prospect Park needs: piranhas! The park's zoo has brought in 18 red and orange bellied piranhas for their Flooded Forest exhibit because clearly they did not see the trailer for Piranha 3D! more ›

Which one of these guys would you rather run in to in the dead of night? The Prospect Park Zoo has a new exhibit, called The Night Shift, that lets you get up close to a whole army of nocturnal critters. The roster includes two species of porcupines, a small group of Rodrigues fruit bats, a pair of pygmy loris and a pair of brush tailed bettongs and a family of Malagasy jumping rats. more ›

Bronx Zoo baby lion cubs, watch your backs, Prospect Park Zoo is now unveiling their baby baby doll sheep! The 11-month-old duo will make their debut at the Annual Wildlife Conservation Society’s Fleece Festival, coming up on May 8th and 9th, where we're told the sheep and their alpaca friends will lose their thick wool coats to help them stay cool this summer. While the fur is flying, you can ponder what these two should be called. Yep, even though they're nearly a year old, they need names, too! The WCS tells us visitors will be able to vote on the following: more ›

Yesterday (just in time for Easter!) the Prospect Park Zoo alerted potential visitors that their 3-year-old Flemish giant rabbit—Herbie, who weights in at 18 lbs—is available for petting! They note: "zoo-goers can greet Herbie and touch other animals at the Live Animal Encounters program held every Saturday and Sunday at 12:30, 1:00, 2:30, 3:00 p.m." Surprisingly, this big guy is a full 10 lbs lighter than some others of his kind! more ›

Who can't use a little cute animal "news" on a Monday? Prospect Park Zoo recently introduced "a trio of new yellow footed rock wallabies in the Australian Walkabout on Discovery Trail," and they sent us this photo of one of them with a pumpkin! Since the WCS loves giving its animals pumpkin treats around Halloween, even the snow leopard had some fun with one at Central Park Zoo recently: more ›

The Prospect Park Zoo red pandas have been AWOL for zoo visitors because they've been getting . According to the Daily News, the adorable animals—Mae Lin and Qin—have been amorous. Facility director Denise McClean explains, "They're having private moments." more ›

Happy Halloween! Warning: These videos of various animals at the Wildlife Conservation Society's facilities may be too distractingly cute. more ›

No, he's not blushing from all the attention. Mao Mi is a Red Panda and the newest addition to Prospect Park Zoo in Brooklyn. He arrived last week from Michigan's Binder Park Zoo as part of a Wildlife Conservation Society breeding project. Red Pandas are an endangered species with fewer than 2,500 adults thought to remain in the wild in Bhutan, China, India, Laos, Nepal and Burma. more ›