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SOON ON  THE MOVE:  A pair of elephants lumber around their 2-acre habitat at Roger Williams Park Zoo. All three elephants that live at the zoo will be leaving next year because of increasing health issues as they age. PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

ANIMAL MAGNETISM: RWP Zoo left scrambling for money to boost attendance,...

Cover Story 06/05/2026

It’s safe to say that nearly all of the hundreds of thousands of people who visit Providence’s Roger Williams Park Zoo each year make...

SINKING FEELING: A visitor to the Alaska SeaLife Center in Seward, Alaska, passes an exhibit at the aquarium and research center. A majority of visitors used to be cruise ship passengers, but most cruises have been canceled because of the pandemic. / ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS VIA AP/MARC LESTER

Financially struggling zoos could be latest victims

Coronavirus 08/07/2020

SAN FRANCISCO – Since the coronavirus pandemic began keeping visitors at home, the jaguars and chimpanzees at the Oakland Zoo have enjoyed the quiet,...

Five Questions With: Lou Perrotti

In Their Own Words 11/16/2018

Lou Perrotti, director of conservation programs at Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, is an experienced, broad-based conservationist and zoologist with more than 20...

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