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

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has announced the arrival of five new Guinea hog piglets to the farmyard family, according to a release.. The piglets were born Friday, Aug. 2, according to Beardsley ...

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.

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

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.

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

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 ...

Beardsley Zoo Director Gregg Dancho in the zoo's latest addition, a new Andean bear enclosure, scheduled to open in July in Bridgeport, Conn., on Friday, April 15, 2022.

A cotton patch goose, like this one in CA, tested positive for Avian Bird Flu at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport on Jan. 28, 2025. (file) (Kororaa / Wikimedia Commons) ...

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 ...

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has closed down exhibits and euthanized birds after a cotton patch goose died of avian flu. The zoo learned of the case of highly pathogenic avian flu (HPAI) on ...