The Fort Worth Zoo focuses on conservation and education, in addition to dazzling thousands of kids each year. Here are some of recent updates on work going on at this Fort Worth institution. Jabulani ...

A litter of “critically endangered” red wolves was born in Tennessee. Amy Smotherman Burgess Zoo Knoxville Six of the “world’s most endangered” wolves were born in Tennessee, bringing renewed hope for ...

FORT WORTH, Texas (KTVT) — As winter weather blankets North Texas, the Fort Worth Zoo is taking special steps to ensure the safety of its animals. The zoo experienced various types of precipitation on ...

The Fort Worth Zoo was in the news again in July as it celebrated another conservation success, with the hatching of critically endangered gharial crocodiles. Our zoo is more than a place for kids to ...

The Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating historic conservation success with the third annual hatchings of the gharial crocodile. The two new gharials hatched on June 5 and June 11. The back-to-back-to-back ...

The Fort Worth Zoo says its first Asian elephant calf since 2013 has a name — Lady Bird or Birdie for short. Late last month, the zoo announced the female Asian elephant calf's arrival in August, then ...

DALLAS -- On a cool December afternoon at the Fort Worth Zoo, Lady Bird splashes her tiny trunk in a watering hole while her mother, Bluebonnet, and honorary aunt Angel flank her like bodyguards. To ...

The Fort Worth Zoo moved 12 lesser flamingo chicks from its nursery to the facility’s adult enclosure in May 2025. Lesser flamingos are a near-threatened species due to impacted habitat. From ...

Lady Bird, an Asian elephant born in August 2025, (center) is with her mother Bluebonnet (left) and Angel at Fort Worth Zoo on Dec. 9, 2025, in Fort Worth. Chitose Suzuki / Staff Photographer On a ...