Shakespeare Returns to Buttonwood Park
The classic tragedy of Macbeth marks the second year of New Bedford’s free Shakespeare event.
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Swan Boats Coming to Buttonwood Park in New Bedford
A new tradition begins this Spring
4th Annual Run With CARE, Southcoast
It's a 5K with DOGS!
Red Pandas Coming to Buttonwood Park Zoo
These red balls of fluff will make their debut this summer
Baby Monkey Born at BP Zoo
The Buttonwood Park Zoo’s Goeldi’s monkey family is now a little bigger.
Easter EggZOOberance at Buttonwood Park Zoo
An EGG-citing event for the little ones!
Buttonwood Zoo Officially Names Building That Will House New Exhibit
NEW BEDFORD — The Buttonwood Park Zoo’s former Aquatics building will be named Rainforests, Rivers and Reefs sponsored by Stoico/FIRSTFED when it opens its doors this July.
The announcement of the $400,000 gift and naming was made today by Keith Lovett, the Zoo’s Director...
Buttonwood Zoo Donates Digital Scale for Elephants in Vietnam
The effort to save the nearly-extinct elephant population of Vietnam has been given a big boost from the SouthCoast.
Patrons of the Buttonwood Park Zoo have donated enough money that the zoo was recently able to purchase a digital scale for the Elephant Conservation Center in Dak Lak, Vietnam...
Worst Zoos for Elephants
NEW BEDFORD - The Buttonwood Park Zoo has once again appeared on a list of the Ten Worst Zoos for Elephants.
The list, compiled by In Defense of Animals, places the New Bedford zoo in their "Hall of Shame," making this the seventh consecutive year the zoo has appeared on the list...
Two Dead in Acushnet
A father and his young son are dead in Acushnet after suffering from apparent carbon monoxide poisoning in their Buttonwood Lane home.
The Bristol County District Attorney's Office says the ex-wife of 41-year-old Joseph Lopes called Acushnet Police around 8:15 A...