Complete List of New York Zoos for the 2025 Season

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Atlantis Marine World (now known as Long Island Aquarium) in Riverhead, New York, celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2025 as a leading family-friendly destination with over 100 exhibits and diverse habitats. Key features include a massive 180,000-gallon shark tank, a 20,000-gallon reef aquarium, and engaging habitats for sharks, penguins, otters, snow monkeys, and reptiles.[1] Visitors can enjoy interactive experiences such as the...

Binghamton Zoo at Ross Park sits tucked into the northern face of Binghamton’s South Mountain. The zoo officially opened in 1875, and it is the fifth oldest zoological institution in the country behind such communities as Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Buffalo.

The Bronx Zoo in Bronx, New York, is one of the world’s largest metropolitan zoos and a leader in wildlife conservation, operated by the Wildlife Conservation Society. Key features include the recently reopened World of Darkness exhibit, which immerses visitors in the lives of over 25 nocturnal species across 21 habitats, from tropical forests to subterranean environments. The exhibit showcases innovative...

The Buffalo Zoo in Buffalo, New York, established in 1875, is the third oldest zoo in the United States and spans 23.5 acres in Delaware Park. It welcomes approximately 400,000 visitors annually and is the region’s second largest tourist attraction after Niagara Falls, offering a diverse collection of wild and exotic animals alongside more than 320 plant species. The zoo...

Fall is a great time of year to visit the zoo. Watch zookeepers work with sea lions, penguins, and harbor seals during daily enrichment sessions. Meet the coolest cats in town at the Allison Maher Stern Snow Leopard Exhibit. Spot the red panda blending in with the fall foliage and say hello to our mini-Nubian goats and other barnyard creatures...

The New York Aquarium is the oldest continually operating aquarium in the United States, having opened in Castle Garden in Battery Park, Manhattan in 1896. Since 1957, it has been located on the boardwalk in Coney Island, Brooklyn. The aquarium is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) as part of its integrated system of four zoos and one aquarium,...

Prepare for a voyage of undersea discovery at the Long Island Aquarium. The only public Aquarium on Long Island, we offer interactive fun, adventure, and education. Visitors are invited to take a Shark Dive, snorkel with tropical fish, feed a stingray, watch a sea lion show, and more. It’s all waiting for you here, in Riverhead, New York.

Welcome to our 42nd season as the largest combined children’s zoo and wildlife park on Long Island. We offer families a natural environment where they can learn about wildlife and animals through education and entertainment. The Long Island Game Farm Wildlife and Children’s Zoo features hundreds of animals, including an 18-foot giraffe, red kangaroos, kinkajous, cougars, Barbados sheep, peacocks, and the only lemurs...

Head out to Coney Island to learn about the undersea world at the New York Aquarium. Check out the new Conservation Hall exhibit, featuring the aquatic life of coral reefs, freshwater lakes, and a flooded forest. Watch penguins, walruses, and sea otters work with their trainers during daily feeding demonstrations, and enjoy our Sea Lion Celebration enrichment and training sessions at the Aquatheater.

New York State Living Museum At Thompson Park is a business providing services in the field of Zoos. New York State Living Museum At Thompson Park is located in Watertown, NY on One Thompson Park.

Discover the only Zoo in the world dedicated to New York's wild animals and wild places. Get nose to nose with black bears, watch the playful antics of rare wolverines, get up close and personal in our Children's Farm.  For family fun, The New York State Zoo is the place to be!

Take a nature walk down Discovery Trail to meet wallabies, tufted deer, and river otters, and keep your eye out for migrating birds as they pass through our woodlands. Visit bats, porcupines, and a pygmy slow loris inside Amazing Nocturnal Animals. Warm up with the baboons and Pallas’s cats inside Animal Lifestyles, and enjoy daily sea lion feedings at the pool.

Take a nature walk down the zoo trail to meet pumas, lynx, Andean bears, and other creatures that enjoy the cool weather. Keep your eye out for migrating birds as they pass through our woodlands. We look forward to seeing you soon.

The Rosamond Gifford Zoo at Burnet Park has had its own wild adventure of growth and improvements over the past years. Once just a small 4-acre facility, the zoo is now home to approximately 700 animals on 43 acres. Continuous improvements to the zoo’s infrastructure and animal exhibits ensure that the Rosamond Gifford Zoo will remain a treasured attraction in Central New York.

The Seneca Park Zoo’s animals are our heart and soul. We have a living and ever-changing collection. We will ensure high quality of life and advocate humane and responsible stewardship for all living things. Our animals are ambassadors for their wild counterparts and act as a bridge to the natural world.

Through effective wildlife exhibitions, promotion of species conservation, educational programs and community outreach the Staten Island Zoo has become a powerful instrument for influencing and informing the public about the beauty, value and vulnerability of nature. Please continue to support the zoo and help save wildlife and the mother nature.

Did you know that the Trevor Zoo is one-of-a-kind? It is, in fact, the only zoo in this country that is located at a high school. The zoo was established in 1936 at Millbrook School, a coeducational independent high school in Millbrook, New York. Its founder, Frank Trevor, was Millbrook School’s first biology teacher and a man with a passion for...

The Utica Zoo is a regional facility and a sparkling gem for the Mohawk Valley.  The city owns the zoo property, however, the city’s financial support has ended. The zoo receives annual support from Oneida County, and the remainder of the budget is made up by the Society. The largest single revenue is admissions fees, closely followed by an annual operating grant from...