BRIDGEPORT — When the World Tropics Building opened in 1992, then-director Gregg Dancho said the exhibit was part of a new chapter for the Beardsley Zoo. “We started a couple of years ago ...

Beardsley is adding increased safety measures on top of precautions that they had already been following after the detection of bird flu in other parts of Connecticut, zoo officials said. The ...

BRIDGEPORT — Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo has a new resident, and the zoo is asking families to help name her. The female giant anteater was born on Aug. 27, 2024, and was the fourth birth ...

Zoo officials say the baby girl was born fully furred and is “thriving” under her mother Pana’s care. Now, they want the public to use an online poll to vote on what to name her. The options ...