Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport said it has detected a possible case of bird flu in a goose at the facility. Preliminary results of tests run on a deceased Cotton Patch goose Tuesday came back positive for avian flu,

The siblings, now named Fern, Thistle and Spruce, were found to be relatively healthy but thin after a week or so without their mother, zoo officials said.

Three orphaned mountain lion cubs, two male and one female, found in San Mateo County last week were rescued and brought to the Oakland Zoo, officials said. The cubs, named Fern, Thistle and Spruce, are “relatively healthy” and recovering at the zoo’s veterinary hospital following their rescue in Portola Valley,