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.

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

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

A beloved seal at the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford, Massachusetts, died of bird flu, zoo officials said. Laboratory testing confirmed that Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, died of complications ...

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

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

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

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. — A seal at a Massachusetts zoo died this month after contracting bird flu. Blue, the Buttonwood Park ...

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 bird flu. The zoo announced Wednesday on social media that a diagnostic ...