Busch Gardens To Take Visitors On Night Safari Tours (The Tampa Tribune) Busch Gardens has launched a soft opening of its Serengeti Night Safari, which offers special tours on select Friday and Saturday nights to observe nighttime behaviors of hippos, rhinos, lions and hyenas. The first tour was offered on Nov. 8. The excursions, only for guests 21 or older, cost $60 a person. Available dates and reservations can be obtained by calling 1-888-800-5447, going online ...
Hyper new show livens zoo's winter world (The Columbus Dispatch) A version of the "Christmas Gone Wild" light show that became a national sensation in 2005 added pizzazz to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium last night and through the holiday season. Cincinnati-area computer wizard Carson Williams has synchronized 15,500 lights to flash off and on to Jingle Bells, a Nutcracker medley and Christmas Eve in Sarajevo as part of the zoo's Wildlights festival.