Zoo-Per Bowl: Prognostic-otters Choose the Rams

Football team loyalties can sink the closest relationships, especially when support for either the Cincinnati Bengals or Los Angeles Rams has friends and family members on opposing sides. Human sports experts have made their own predictions, but if you’re still undecided about which team to support, get in the swim with the North American river otters at … Read more

Animal Planet’s ‘THE ZOO’ features Cora, Beardsley Zoo's White-Naped Crane

Some birds are born famous, some achieve fame, and some have fame thrust upon ‘em. Cora, a white-naped crane chick who arrived at Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo from the Bronx Zoo in January 2020, had fame in her future. Hatched at the Bronx Zoo in 2020, Cora’s story from birth was filmed as part of a segment for the fifth … Read more

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo Launches “Kids Are Free” for Summer on July 1

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo will launch its “Connecticut Kids Are Free” for summer program on Thursday, July 1, along with other museums, historical sites, and family attractions in Connecticut. Funded by the state through the American Rescue Plan, the Zoo will provide free admission to any Connecticut resident 18 years and younger, along with one accompanying … Read more

Meet Tahu, The Beardsley Zoo’s New River Otter

Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo is the new home for Tahu, a one-year-old female North American river otter newly arrived from the Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, Wash. After the Zoo’s last river otter passed away in 2019 from advanced age, the Zoo engaged in long-planned improvements to the otter habitat. With renovations complete, Tahu has joined … Read more

Changbai Is Back!

Changbai, a thirteen-year-old Amur tiger and the mother of cubs born at the Zoo in 2017, has returned to Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo. After arriving from her most recent home at the Columbus Zoo, Changbai underwent a normal quarantine period. Once again comfortable with her surroundings, Changbai is now residing in the tiger habitat in the predator area, next to … Read more