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Video: Flemish Bunny Rap

Video: Flemish Bunny Rap

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 ›

Quail Chicks Hatch At Queens Zoo

Quail Chicks Hatch At Queens Zoo

The Queens Zoo just received some new avian additions, dozens of bobwhite quail chicks! The chicks hatched last month, and visitors can now spot them all over the zoo's aviary; we're told they are usually found in groups of four or five, being led by one of the adult female quails. And while they may not seem as adorable as, say, baby sea lions, here's a little background info from the Wildlife Conservation Society explaining more about these little guys: more ›

Happy Halloween from NYC Zoo (and Aquarium) Animals

Happy Halloween from NYC Zoo (and Aquarium) Animals

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

Queens Just Got a Little More Cute

Queens Just Got a Little More Cute

Open up and say "awwww," the Queens Zoo has two new chocolate brown babydoll lambs! The impossibly adorable duo now reside in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, bringing the lamb population there to 18. The Queens Gazette reports that babydolls are the "oldest known purebred sheep in the world...an example of a breed that used to be very popular before the industrialization of livestock production caused it to become rare." No word on the twosomes names yet, but you can read more about the breed here. more ›

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