At approximately 3:20 p.m. on April 8, a lot of people in Central New York will be looking up, but some will be looking around – studying how wild animals react to a total solar eclipse.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — Operating out of what it calls “an abundance of caution” the Syracuse Zoo has taken most of its birds off-exhibit. "The Rosamond Gifford Zoo is committed to the health and ...