Aside from the ocelot, the Rainforest Building has two new 10-year-old scarlet ibises. The birds have bright pink-orange ...

Beardsley Zoo CEO Jim Wharton talks to News 8 about what visitors can expect this summer. Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport is Connecticut's only zoo, open seven days a week.

The Beardsley Zoo announced their reopening of the rainforest building with a new space and new animals. They started ...

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has a new furry resident that they hope will help keep her species alive. The zoo announced in a news release on May 22 that it has received a new red panda, named Ponya.

Zookeepers make sure the animals and themselves stay cool and safe during extreme temperatures. BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — As ...

BRIDGEPORT, CT (WFSB) - Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo announced the birth of its first black-handed spider monkey since the 1980s this week. The zoo in Bridgeport said the infant was born to ...

Beardsley Zoo’s only tiger to leave zoo ahead of construction By TinaMarie Craven , Staff Writer Updated Sep 28, 2023 3:21 p.m. Changbai is a 16-year-old amur tiger.

At the conference in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, it was announced that the zoo received accreditation from the AZA. At the same conference, Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo also won two AZA Education ...

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo announced a celebration for Ponya the Red Panda’s first birthday that includes a birthday-themed fundraiser, according to organizers. The fundraiser will support ...

Beardsley Zoo said two adult Giant anteaters call the zoo’s Pampas Plains home. The female, Pana, and the male, EO, were both born in 2009. They just welcomed their fourth pup together to the world.

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo staff said Wednesday that they are saddened by the death a female golden lion tamarin named Cricket.. Cricket was 6 years old and died right after “an unviable ...

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has a new furry resident that they hope will help keep her species alive. The zoo announced in a news release on May 22 that it has received a new red panda, named ...