A lightning strike ignited a fire at Turtle Back Zoo in Essex County Wednesday night, exposing sea turtles to heavy smoke. According to the Sea Turtle Recovery organization, the lightning damaged the ...

No animals were badly injured when a building at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange caught fire after it was struck by lightning during a storm Wednesday night, authorities said. West Orange police and ...

Forget the giraffes, gibbons and leopards. About a dozen visitors at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey gathered one recent morning around the most unusual sight of all. It was a small, light-brown ...

WEST ORANGE, N.J. -- Lightning hit a Sea Turtle Recovery Hospital at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey, causing the building to catch fire. The lightning struck the building around 9:40 p.m. on ...

Its feeding time for the giraffes at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Tuesday, May 18, 2021Get Photo Caribbean Flamingos at Turtle Back Zoo in West Orange on Tuesday, May 18, 2021Get Photo Edwin Park ...

WEST ORANGE, New Jersey (WABC) -- Lightning hit the Sea Turtle Recovery Hospital at the Turtle Back Zoo in New Jersey, causing the building to catch fire. The lightning struck the West Orange building ...

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 to ...