NEW BEDFORD — After a long and happy life at the Buttonwood Park Zoo, beloved Asian elephant Ruth passed away on Dec. 28, 2024 at the age of 66. Now the staff is monitoring Emily as she ...

Emily the goat definitely has a flair for the dramatic. The jet-black animal was pregnant when she was found frightened and ...

NEW BEDFORD — After a long and happy life at the Buttonwood Park Zoo, beloved Asian elephant Ruth passed away on Dec. 28, 2024 at the age of 66. Now the staff is monitoring Emily as she ...

NEW BEDFORD — Ruth and Emily are the odd couple: two old ladies who have been living together for 38 years at the Buttonwood Park Zoo. It’s good that they have each other. Asian elephants are ...

Emily: We even have our New Zoo kids send us a huge packet of letters. Over a hundred for sure, letters children had written to us back in the day and we had never responded to them because we ...