The Fort Worth Zoo announced a new addition to its elephant herd: A female Asian elephant calf. The calf was born on Aug, 18 standing 36 inches tall and weighing 250 pounds, the zoo said in a news ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Fort Worth Zoo has announced the birth of a new baby elephant and is asking for the public’s help naming her. The female calf, weighing 250 pounds and standing 3 feet tall, was born Aug. 18.

AP Photo/ LM Otero FORT WORTH, TX -- Some lions at the Fort Worth Zoo had an early Halloween treat by getting to play with carved pumpkins stuffed with meat. Three cubs joined two older African lions ...

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 ...

Julia Falcon is a digital content producer at CBS News Texas. Julia has previously written for news outlets across Dallas-Fort Worth like the Denton Record-Chronicle, D Magazine, 1080 KRLD and 105.3 ...

The Fort Worth Zoo says it is making great strides in its efforts to save the “sapo concho,” the critically endangered species that took the spotlight in Puerto Rican singer and rapper Bad Bunny’s ...

Inside a greenhouse-like structure at the edge of the Fort Worth Zoo is a nursery for hundreds of horned lizards. “They're very charismatic,” Fort Worth Zoo Assistant Director of Ectotherms Robyn ...

This story was originally published by the Fort Worth Report. You may read the original version here. For generations, the Texas horny toad was a backyard pet. As ...