Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange will host Family Fun Movie Nights every Wednesday in July, offering visitors the chance to ...

Turtle Back Zoo will hold its Family Fun Nights on Wednesdays and Thursdays throughout July and August, extending evening ...

Turtle Back Zoo has been operational since 1962, and was originally supposed to be a seasonal zoo. Since then, the zoo has grown to include more than 250 different species among 20 different exhibits!

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Essex County Exec. Joseph DiVincenzo at Turtle Back Zoo The zoo in West Orange, New Jersey is expected to reach 1 million visitors in 2023, CBS2's John Elliott reports.

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 ...

the Turtle Back Zoo officially opened its new African Adventure exhibit. The 3-acre exhibit is the latest upgrade to the zoo, which has added sea lions and a zip line and ropes course in the last ...