Happy 250th! Our museum will be OPEN 10am–7pm on July 3 and 10am–5pm on July 4.

Katherine McLeod

Katherine McLeod is a PhD candidate at New York University. She researches the history of ecology, zoos, and eugenics in the United States. Her research has been supported by the Smithsonian Institution and the Consortium for the History of Science, Technology, and Medicine.

More from Katherine McLeod

Color photograph of a colorful bird

How to Display a Hoatzin

The Bronx Zoo’s strange obsession with an even stranger bird.