Radiant heaters, frost-free drinkers and extra bedding are some of the ways Beardsley Zoo staff protect the animals.

Somalia is showing signs of revival from decades of conflict, welcoming its first bowling alley in the capital, Mogadishu.

A new mayor was sworn in during an inauguration ceremony at Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport. Logan, an Amazon River turtle, was honored as the zoo’s newly elected mayor and added to its Cabinet of ...

Connecticut's animal forecasters also include Scramble the Duck, of Eastford, and Beardsley Bart, a prairie dog living in Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport.

“It’s unique. You don’t usually get to hear how artificial insemination works with birds,” said Zoo Events Director Colleen ...

Natural Bridge Zoo owners Karl and Deborah Mogensen, manager Gretchen Mogensen and others were indicted by a grand jury in ...

Brevard Zoo goes to great lengths to keep its exotic animals, from sea turtles to sloths and Komodo dragons, warm during Florida's cold snap.

The Queen gets to tell everyone what to do, and she chooses a few males to breed with, we believe,” says Kerns. “However, she can have one of the largest litters of any mammals, over 30 babies at a ...

This Central Florida zoo invites guests to name pests after their exes this Valentine's Day. See details: ...

It’s a baby only a mother could love. A rare wide-eyed pygmy slow loris — with eyes as big as its ears and a sleep cycle that would drive even the most patient parents bonkers — has become the first ...

Zoo staff say the female hawk and female turkey vulture share food, preen each other and have even attempted to raise eggs.

Reid Park Zoo is enlarging its zebra enclosure and creating safeguards to protect the population after a 6-week-old foal, Takiti Maji, died. The enclosure, which houses Tikiti Maji’s parents, Anna and ...