The cub was named Bowie by the zoo’s sloth bear team, in honor of the late David Bowie who shares the cub’s winter birthday.

Buttonwood Park Zoo officials have confirmed that Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, died this month due to complications from the avian flu, or bird flu. Zoo officials say it's the second case of a ...

A 21-year-old harbor seal at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, named Blue, died last week from highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as avian flu or bird flu. Diagnostic testing on Blue showed ...

Operating out of what it calls “an abundance of caution” the Syracuse Zoo has taken most of its birds off-exhibit.

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A seal at a Massachusetts zoo died this month after contracting bird flu. Blue, the Buttonwood Park ...

A beloved seal at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts, died of bird flu, zoo officials said. Laboratory testing confirmed that Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, died of complications ...

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Bird flu has killed at least four snowy owls in Massachusetts in recent weeks, adding the graceful white and black-patterned ...

Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died this month due to complications from avian<a ...

Blue was placed under veterinary observation on Jan. 31, but his condition had not yet been diagnosed when he died earlier this month.

Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, is believed to have contracted the virus through contact with a wild bird, zoo officials said.