(WJAR) — Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford will soon have some new residents. Three long-tailed chinchillas will soon join ...

Buttonwood Park Zoo officials say the three new "kits" are healthy. Visitors can see them in their habitat this summer.

After an extreme heat warning, Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford will be closed on Tuesday, officials said, but the animals will be kept cool.

Buttonwood Park Zoo officials and staff in New Bedford are mourning the zoo's second loss since May, Riley the cougar.

Inside Buttonwood Park Zoo, curious children and wide eyed adults can see everything from Goeldi’s monkeys’ swing from branch to branch, Yellow the seal lift her nose from the water’s ...

Buttonwood Park Zoo announced the addition of two new female harbor seals to the zoo community.

Buttonwood Park Zoo is caring for Ruth the Asian elephant in her final days, and having to consider difficult end-of-life decisions.

The Buttonwood Park Zoo is always introducing new animals as part of their successful breeding program. Check out the newest babies at the zoo.

Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford is mourning the death of a 66-year-old elephant that has been an iconic member of the zoo for nearly 40 years.

NEW BEDFORD — Ruth, the beloved elephant at Buttonwood Park Zoo has died. "It is with heavy hearts that the Buttonwood Park Zoo shares the passing of Ruth, a 66-year-old year Asian elephant who ...

Buttonwood Park Zoo is asking for the public’s help choosing a name for the first Hoffman’s two-toed sloth to be born there in its 127-year history.