Jordan Muhammed wanted to be at home, working on homework and preparing for her high school’s musical in a couple of weeks. Instead, she was standing outside the Turtle Back Zoo Sunday in frigid ...

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, ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- Zoos have always been a popular day activity for people of all ages, especially in warmer weather months. It’s also where Lifestyles for the Disabled went for a recent respite ...

In the mid-1990s, Turtle Back Zoo was on the brink of extinction. The animals were old and dying. The once-popular train ride had broken down. The cages and pens were outdated in an era when zoos were ...