As Connecticut experienced extreme heat this week, staff members at the Beardsley Zoo in Bridgeport found some ways to keep ...

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 of ...

Gregg Dancho finds himself at a curious crossroad. As director of Bridgeport’s Beardsley Zoo, he coordinated the institution’s 95th anniversary celebrations last year and he recently received ...

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.

Connecticut will release $4 million in state funding to support upgrades at Bridgeport's Beardsley Zoo. Governor Ned Lamont said the funding will help upgrade educational tools for visitors and ...

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.

BRIDGEPORT -- Punxsutawney Phil predicted six more weeks of winter weather Tuesday morning, but a ground-dwelling rodent at Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo begs to differ. The zoo doesn't have a ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — Are you interested in becoming a frog census observer? Bridgeport’s Beardsley Zoo is seeking volunteers who are interested in participating in frog census collection ...

BRIDGEPORT - Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo has fun and educational events that families can enjoy all summer. The zoo is located at 1875 Noble Ave. in Bridgeport. Admission is $8 for adults, $6 for ...

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 parents Janet and Gilligan.