Flaco, the famous Central Park Zoo owl who went missing after a vandal tampered with the bird's exhibit more than a year ago, died Friday, zoo officials said.

An eagle-owl out of the zoo and loose in Central Park shows he can hunt, prompting officials to pause and re-evaluate recovery efforts. Share full article. 205. Video.

A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in Central Park in New York City on Feb. 6. It escaped after its enclosure at the Central Park Zoo was vandalized, and it's now hunting for itself.

After escaping from a Central Park Zoo enclosure, Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl, has eluded various rescue attempts. Zoo officials were once uncertain about his survival in the wild, but Flaco has ...

Flaco left his home at the Central Park Zoo on Feb. 2, 2023 after someone opened his cage.. A Eurasian eagle-owl named Flaco sits in a tree in Central Park in New York, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023.

By sunrise, the zoo said, Flaco had flown back into Central Park, where workers maintained “visual contact” with him throughout Friday. As dusk came, he remained out of reach.

Flaco, an owl that gained notoriety after escaping from his enclosure at the Central Park Zoo a year ago, has died, according to a statement released by the zoo yesterday.The bird's death was due ...

Flaco escaped his exhibit at the Central Park Zoo in February of last year, after a vandal or vandals cut through the stainless steel mesh of the enclosure, the zoo said. He had lived there for 13 ...

The Central Park Zoo was closed on Friday due to the heavy rain — but the intrepid sea lion swam outside her enclosure as several inches of rain overwhelmed the plaza around the pool.

Sally the sea lion at Central Park Zoo in New York. wisn 12 news "No staff or visitors were in danger and the sea lion remained inside the zoo, never breaching the zoo’s secondary perimeter ...