Collection of our coverage on established media institutions and outlets.
Media Coverage
2019

Roger Williams Park Zoo’s three African elephants are happy, healthy and thriving.
I spent the afternoon with Lisa Ruggiero and Jennifer Warmbold, two elephant keepers at Roger Williams Park Zoo, along with Ginny, Alice and Kate, the three female African elephants that...

The success is a positive sign for populations of the region’s only native rabbit, which had declined precipitously in recent decades because of habitat loss, hunting, and competition with the introduced eastern cottontail.
Seventy-seven New England cottontails were raised and weaned at...
2018

The staff at the zoo cut a ribbon for its new "Faces of the Rainforest" section, which includes a 40-foot-high glass atrium where monkeys and tropical birds can co-mingle.
The exhibit also includes a waterfall and pool for Amazonian giant river otters.
There will be 44 species in...

It has been said that there are no second acts in American lives, but the leaders of the Roger Williams Park Zoo hope that the opening of their Faces of the Rainforest exhibit will be just that.
Dr. Jeremy Goodman is hoping to exorcise ghosts from long before he became the zoo’s executive...

The exhibit, called "Faces of the Rainforest," has been four years in the making. Featured animals include indigenous monkeys, birds, amphibians and reptiles of the Amazon Rainforest.
Executive Director of Roger Williams Park Zoo Dr. Jeremy Goodwin said the new exhibit is part of a 20-...


For those with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), loud noises and crowded places can be overwhelming. This season, Roger Williams Park Zoo is continuing its efforts to cater to those with sensory processing differences.
The Jack-O-Lantern Spectacular offered ...

"It's just very satisfying when you know that you've in some little way made their visit to the zoo more enjoyable than it would have been otherwise," Janet said.
Janet is talking about students like a recent group from Meeting Street.
"She's telling us all about the snow leopards...

Halloween is without a doubt my second favorite day of the year.
The first is Christmas.
But Halloween is just barely in second place.
Now, I don’t like the really scary stuff, like horror movies. That is not for me. I’m more of a spooky fun, Tim Burton, “Hocus Pocus” kinda...

ix rabbits that were bred in captivity at Roger Williams Park Zoo and Queens Zoo in New York were released on the island this past Friday.
Biologists with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service say uninhabited Patience Island has proven a successful spot for cottontails, partially due to a...