{"id":282960,"date":"2026-05-07T15:38:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/282960\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T15:38:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T15:38:10","slug":"fort-worth-zoo-welcomes-new-baby-elephant-with-a-truly-texas-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/282960\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth Zoo welcomes new baby elephant with a truly Texas name"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/08jl5q7jpk2nwrhi.jpg\" alt=\"Fort Worth Zoo welcomes another baby elephant\" class=\"sr-only\" data-v-4292be72=\"\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed a new baby boy \u2013 an Asian elephant calf named Sam Houston.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">According to zoo officials, their newest edition was born on April 1 to mom, Bluebell, and dad, Romeo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">He is a full sibling to 3-year-old Travis, and half-sibling to 4-year-old Brazos and 8-month-old Lady Bird.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sam Houston was a whopping 36 inches tall and 285 pounds when he was born.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Both he and his mother are doing great and are now ready for public viewing.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/050726-fw-zoo-baby-elephant-2-kdfweme003_09_06_37__00.17.59.56.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Dig deeper:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">\u00a0It\u2019s Fort Worth Zoo\u2019s tradition to give new baby elephants a Texas-themed name.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Sam Houston got his name because he is the largest calf ever born at the zoo.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">&#8220;It felt only fitting to honor one of Texas\u2019 most iconic figures, Sam Houston. Like his namesake, the zoo\u2019s Sam Houston (yes, it\u2019s a double name) represents strength, and a lasting legacy, joining the four-generation elephant family that reflects the rich heritage and enduring spirit of Texas,&#8221; the Fort Worth Zoo said.<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/050726-fw-zoo-baby-elephant-2-kdfweme003_09_06_37__00.21.18.50.jpg\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" data-v-2fe2fe3e=\"\"\/>  <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">Zoo patrons can see Sam Houston and his mom in the main Elephant Springs habitat from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily.<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">In the future, both he and Lady Bird may be out together as they grow up alongside each other.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-v-871f4c88=\"\">For now, the two babies are having supervised play dates behind the scenes with their mother so that they become more comfortable around one another.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source: The information in this story comes from the Fort Worth Zoo.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/fort-worth\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/pets-animals\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-871f4c88=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pets and Animals<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; The Fort Worth Zoo welcomed a new baby boy \u2013 an Asian elephant calf&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282961,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[116,223,5163,122,27,29,28,216,393],"class_list":["post-282960","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-fort-worth","tag-news","tag-pets-animals","tag-tarrant-county","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-tx","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282960","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282960"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282960\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282961"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282960"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282960"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282960"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}