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Lighting Up the Holidays

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Photos by Julie Larsen Maher © Bronx Zoo   BRONX - As the giant light switch is flipped to the ON position, the 2022 season of the Bronx Zoo’s Holiday Lights is officially underway. The family-favorite tradition is the unofficial start to the New York City holiday season and will run on select dates through Jan. 8.   Holiday Lights is a fully outdoor experience. The six lantern trails have been reimagined and more than 70 new lanterns/30 new species have been added for 2022. In all, there are more than 360 wildlife-themed lanterns representing 90 species spread across an expansive area of the zoo. Each of the lantern trails depict scenes from geographic regions and ecosystems around the world: North America, Latin America, Africa, Asia, oceans, and the Forest of Color which features larger-than-life representations of some of the lesser known but impressively colorful animals and plants vital to life on Earth.   “Holiday Lights returned to the Bronx Zoo in 2019 and ea
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