Four places on the planet get an article before their name: The Vatican, The Hague, The Netherlands and The Bronx. The only one of New York City's five boroughs that is situated on the United States mainland, the Bronx is perhaps best known as a symbol of the urban decay that plagued the nation in the 1970s and for the Bronx Bombers, a.k.a. the New York Yankees. But the rebounding borough is also strong in science, with the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Fordham University and Lehman College of the City University of New York. In addition, the Bronx has two unique and internationally renowned scientific institutions: the Bronx Zoo, home of the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), and the New York Botanical Garden.
The zoo is the largest urban one in the country, with 265 acres and almost 4,000 animals. One mission is to educate the public – annual attendance ...
