Zoo operators have been forced to pivot their business models and lobby for government support amid a near-full collapse in regular revenues during the coronavirus pandemic.

The flower, dubbed "Vincent Van Gross," will bloom for only eight to 36 hours.

Toronto Zoo staff say they suspect Ila, the mother, was not producing enough milk to feed both cubs, so they began supplemental feedings.

Red pandas are an endangered species native to southwestern China and the eastern Himalayas, and experts estimate there are between 2,500 and 10,000 of the animals in the wild.

For the first time in months, the Toronto Zoo is allowing the general public to walk its grounds while following COVID-19 precautions such as timed ticketing.

Here is a roundup of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in the Greater Toronto Area for May 23, 2020.

“The plan is to have people stay in their vehicles -- start in the parking lot and literally drive through our front entrance and use the walking paths," Toronto Zoo CEO Dolf DeJong said.

The zoo says that it relies on parking and admission fees to feed its 5,000 animals at a cost of roughly $1 million per year.

Montana, a nearly 20-year-old bobcat, died on Friday after complications from end-stage kidney failure.

"There are lights, there are lasers, there is music, there are smoke machines -- there are so many pieces to (Terra Lumina) that it's really hard to describe."