A 21-year-old harbor seal at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, named Blue, died last week from highly pathogenic avian influenza, known as avian flu or bird flu. Diagnostic testing on Blue showed ...

If you have plans to visit your favorite animal friends today, you'll have to make new arrangements. According to Buttonwood Park Zoo's Facebook, the zoo will be unexpectedly closed on Feb. 5. A ...

The Buttonwood Park Zoo is mourning the loss of Blue, a harbor seal that died from the bird flu earlier this month.

Blue was placed under veterinary observation on Jan. 31, but his condition had not yet been diagnosed when he died earlier this month.

Tests show bird flu caused the death of a 21-year-old harbor seal at a zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts earlier this month.

Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, is believed to have contracted the virus through contact with a wild bird, zoo officials said.

A harbor seal named Blue at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died earlier this month of the bird flu. With Trump's proposed ...

Zoos are ramping up protections for their animals, after a seal died in February, from the avian flu. Blue, the 21-year-old ...

NEW BEDFORD — If you have plans to visit your ... Following an unexpected closure on Wednesday, Feb. 5, according to Buttonwood Park Zoo's website, the zoo will remain closed on Thursday ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — A harbor seal named Blue at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died earlier this month of the ...

NEW BEDFORD, MASS. (WHDH) - Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal at Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford died this month due to complications from avian flu, or bird flu. Bird flu can cross over from ...