Buttonwood Nature Center will host a program called "Memories & Stories of Happel’s Meadow" April 3 at 7 p.m. at the Blue ...

Buttonwood Nature Center is hosting a family hike on the Appalachian Trail from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 30.

With a ribbon-cutting ceremony on March 4, Buttonwood Nature Center, home of The Institute, celebrated its long-awaited new ...

Buttonwood Nature Center is partnering with Waynesboro Theatre to present the movie, HOOT on Saturday, April 5. There are two showings, 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. The movie is part […] ...

After two days of sudden closure with little explanation, Buttonwood Park Zoo announced Thursday that Blue, its male Atlantic harbor seal, died early Wednesday. The death comes just over a month ...

NEW BEDFORD, Mass. (WPRI) — The Buttonwood Park Zoo is mourning the loss of Blue, a harbor seal that died from the bird flu earlier this month. Shara Rapoza, acting director of Buttonwood Park ...

Blue, a 21-year-old harbor seal, was a resident of the Buttonwood Park Zoo in New Bedford. After Blue's death, zoo officials said diagnostic testing was conducted. The results concluded that the ...

Nashville musician Charissa Hoffman will guest Friday and folk/rock singer-songwriter Terri Lachance and her band will play ...

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 ...