Fort Worth Zoo welcomes baby bongo, helping endangered species

Link's birth is a meaningful contribution to the conservation of the eastern mountain bongo, as fewer than 100 remain in the ...
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Fort Worth Zoo’s new baby elephant now has a name, and it’s very Texan

The Fort Worth Zoo’s new baby elephant now has a name, after the public cast more than 18,000 votes for their favorite. The female Asian elephant calf born on Aug. 18 will be named Lady Bird, a ...
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Fort Worth Zoo debuts first Asian elephant calf since 2013

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating the birth of the first female Asian elephant calf since 2013. The 36-inch-tall, 250-pound calf was born at 3:36 a.m. on Aug. 18, 2025, and the zoo kept it under wraps ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram

Mom asks Fort Worth Zoo to change summer camp policy to accommodate son with special needs

When Lo Farmer went to sign her 4-year-old son up for the Fort Worth Zoo’s annual summer camp, some website verbiage left her confused. Farmer noticed the zoo’s website section on the camp’s inclusion ...