Editing Bronx Zoo (section)

====World of Darkness====
World of Darkness opened in 1969 and was the world's first major exhibit designed specifically to introduce the public to [[nocturnal]] animals such as the Chinese [[leopard cat]] (''Prionailurus bengalensis chinensis''), [[naked mole-rat]]s, [[bay duiker]], [[Pallas's long-tongued bat]], [[spiny mouse]], [[Gray mouse lemur|lesser mouse lemur]], [[Common genet|small spotted genet]], [[lesser spear-nosed bat]]s, [[spotted skunk]], [[Fat-tailed dwarf lemur|fat-tailed lemur]]s [[Jamaican fruit bat]], [[Mohol bushbaby]], [[cloud rat]], [[Hoffman's two-toed sloth]], [[rock cavy]], [[pygmy slow loris]], [[New Zealand lesser short-tailed bat|short-tailed bat]]s, [[striped skunk]], [[Gray-bellied night monkey|grey-legged night monkey]], [[sand cat]], [[Rodriguez flying fox]], [[brush-tailed porcupine]], [[broad-snouted caiman]], [[Erycinae|sand boa]], [[Cane toad|marine toad]], and [[fluorescent]] [[Emperor scorpion|scorpion]]s.<ref name="britannica.com">{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bronx-Zoo |title=Bronx Zoo |encyclopedia=Encyclopædia Britannica |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=March 12, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160312090815/https://www.britannica.com/place/Bronx-Zoo |url-status=live}}</ref> Built by [[Morris Ketchum Jr. & Associates]], the house was built where the zoo's Rocking Stone Restaurant stood until 1942. The exhibit used [[Safelight|red-lights]] to dimly illuminate the enclosures within the windowless building. Like all nocturnal exhibits, the house ran on a reversed lighting schedule, which simulated night and day at opposite times to allow visitors to view nocturnal animals in a more naturalistic setting.<ref>{{cite web |last=Soter |first=Tim |date=April 30, 2009 |url=http://blog.timsoter.com/world-of-darkness/ |title=World of Darkness |work=Tim Soter... Blog. |access-date=March 2, 2016 |archive-date=August 20, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160820010136/http://blog.timsoter.com/world-of-darkness/ |url-status=dead}}</ref> Due to budget cuts and the high cost of running the exhibit, it was closed in 2009.<ref name="ReferenceA"/><ref name="dailyfinance.com"/> On November 28, 2024, during the 98th [[Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade]], the zoo ran a float that hinted at the return of the exhibit.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/bronxzoo/p/DC7h2QysNa8/?img_index=1 |access-date=December 5, 2024 |website=Instagram}}</ref> This was later confirmed on December 4 when the zoo announced that the exhibit would return in July 2025 featuring [[broad-snouted caiman]]s, [[sand cat]]s, [[common vampire bat]]s, [[Megabat|fruit bats]], [[Hoffmann's two-toed sloth]]s, [[naked mole-rat]]s, [[blood python]]s, [[Timor python]]s, [[douroucouli]]s, [[pygmy slow loris]]es, and [[aye-aye]]s.<ref> https://bronxzoo.com/things-to-do/exhibits/world-of-darkness</ref>