Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport is home to 350 animals, but on Wednesday, Vega Harvey had her heart set on seeing one specific species while visiting from Sweden. “It's my favorite animal, ...

BRIDGEPORT – With temperatures dipping into the single digits and cold weather advisories to keep people and pets inside, it’s been a bitter winter, but Mother Nature and Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo ...

From striking birds to rare mammals, Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo is giving visitors more reasons than ever to stop by — and to learn. Part of that experience starts with seeing a broader range of ...

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 her care ...

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo says it has fall appeal with a major fundraising push to help revitalize its World Tropics Building. The South American rainforest exhibit opened in 1992, according to a ...

The Beardsley Zoo has reopened its rainforest building with a new look and new animals. Zoo officials say the refreshed building has new tropical plantings, improved pathways and redone exhibit walls.

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has pledged a donation of $2,000 to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums’ (AZA) effort to save a small species of porpoise whose numbers have been decimated by gillnetting ...