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2020

Think about Roger Williams Park Zoo and your mind will likely conjure images of wild beasts: a fierce cheetah, a graceful giraffe, a hairy tarantula, a two-toed sloth. Okay, that last one maybe not so much. After...

An emerging virus threatens both wild and pet rabbits in the United States. The fatal virus—which causes an Ebola-like disease called rabbit hemorrhagic disease—already has been reported in the western and...
The new member of the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, was born May 13 after a difficult labor, according to an announcement on the zoo’s Facebook page shared May 18. However...
Hang in there! A Rhode Island zoo has some very exciting sloth news that is sure to brighten your day.
On Monday, Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence announced the birth of a baby Linne's two-toed sloth, born to parents Fiona and Welsey on May 13.
"This is such thrilling news,"...

"Everybody misses everybody especially in this beautiful weather they miss seeing the kids," said Diana Nahabedian, the media relations spokesperson for the Roger Williams Park Zoo.
Since being forced to close because of the ...

Tamarins are squirrel-size monkeys with a golden ruff that resembles the mane of a lion.
The tamarin family lives in Faces of the Rainforest, an exhibit at the zoo that looks and feels to them like an open rainforest.
Nahabedian calls the habitat “a wonderful place for animals,”...

Hope Joyal doesn’t have a favorite species of frog per se, but there’s one, whose name escapes her, that she really likes because of the squeaking sound it makes when it’s mad.
“It’s glorious,” said the 12-year-old, who was sitting next to her mother on Sunday at a citizen science class...

He technically went to the School at Roger Williams Zoo, but nonetheless Mr. Tefft mingled with the students, did some ready, ran into a peacock, and followed all the rules!
Well done Artie, you get an A+ for the day.
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2019

During the last few years, I was honored to have some great conversations with Sophie Danforth about the early days of the Rhode Island Zoological Society. Mrs. Danforth, who died on Nov. 15, was straightforward, modest and painfully honest. As described in her obituary, she was “formidable and...
The newest addition Roger Williams Park Zoo animal family officially has a name. On Wednesday, the zoo announced that the baby anteater born two months ago is a girl, named Demo.
"Demo" is a combination of her parents' names: Delilah and Mochilla. She was ...