One way to do so is by visiting the Fort Worth Zoo. Last year, the zoo saw more than 158,000 guests from March 8 to March 23. This year, between spring break camp and half-off Wednesdays, guests can ...

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Fort Worth officials are doubling down on their plan to bolster affordable housing in the city through a proposed bond program. The Fort Worth City Council increased a planned bond proposition to ...

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 zoogoers ...

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 ...

It's been a busy fall at the Fort Worth Zoo with baby animals making their debuts in September and October. A pair of sibling cubs on Sept. 9; an Asian elephant calf on Sept. 26 and a giraffe calf on ...

After gathering more than 18,000 votes from the public, the Fort Worth Zoo has a name for its newest addition — a baby elephant named Lady Bird. Nicknamed "Birdie" for short, the elephant's name is ...

The newest baby at the Fort Worth Zoo officially has a name. After opening up voting to the public, the female Asian elephant calf was named Lady Bird. The zoo said over 18,000 people voted between ...

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 ...