Sharks! Predators Of The Deep – Opening
We know you’ve been chomping at the bit to know when our new shark gallery opens… 🦈 ‘SHARKS! Predators of the Deep’ finally opens on Friday, October 23!
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Singing Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus)
Singing Slate-throated Redstart (Myioborus miniatus) in the highlands of Guatemala.
Harbor Seal Kaya Gets Acrobatic On Aqua Silks
Kaya is doing silks using a recycled fire hose left by her care staff. Video by Micah Reese.
Saving the New England cottontail
This past summer, Roger William Park Zoo’s director of conservation programs Lou Perrotti was joined by agents from U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service and University of Rhode Island biologists in releasing a pair of New England cottontails at Charlestown’s Ninigret National Wildlife Refuge. Since 2010, New England Cottontail captive breeding institutions have made promising progress toward boosting cottontail numbers, releasing over 300 captive-bred specimens into the wild. Partners also work to protect and restore habitat throughout the range of this species. Roger Williams Park Zoo continues to play an integral role in restoring New England cottontail populations through breeding and … Continue
Giant Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys grandis)
Pocket gophers are large subterranean rodents, which are difficult to observe in the wild. Giant Pocket Gopher (Orthogeomys grandis) – weighing almost two pounds – is restricted to Mexico and northern Central America. Watch this Giant Pocket Gopher warily emerging from one of its tunnels to grab a stem of Dahlia imperialis, seen in the highlands of Guatemala.