PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (WHTM) — It’s not the Philadelphia Zoo balloon, but it is taking things to new heights. The zoo announced that along with the return of LumiNature this year, which features more than 1 million holiday lights, the Philly Zoo Pherris Wheel will debut. The observation Ferris wheel will stand 10 stories — that’s […]
Over one million lights are covering the Philadelphia Zoo from now until January 3rd! LumiNature is back and better than ever this year! PHL17's Tessa Peloso gave us a preview on what is to come this season. From the new giant ferris wheel to the Enchanted Fairy Forest, there is…
PHILADELPHIA (WPHL) -- America's oldest zoo has welcomed two new endangered big cats to help prevent their extinction. Rory, a female Amur tiger, joined the Philadelphia Zoo tiger habitat. She was born in 2021 at the Toledo Zoo in Ohio. According to the zoo, Rory came to Philadelphia on an…
(WPHL) -- For the first time in over 150 years, the Philadelphia Zoo has new additions to the Western Santa Cruz Galapagos tortoise family. The zoo announced the hatching of four critically endangered hatchlings born to the zoo's oldest residents: Female Mommy and male Abrazzo, both of whom are estimated…