Roger Williams Park Zoo is extending the holiday cheer with free admission on Dec. 27 and half-price entry throughout the winter months. The zoo will welcome visitors at no cost from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

The Roger Williams Park Zoo is mourning the loss of its other giant otter, nearly a week after his brother passed away.

A second giant otter, Romo, has died at the Roger Williams Park Zoo just days after the death of his brother, Fernando. Romo, ...

Romo, a beloved 14-year-old giant otter at Roger Williams Park Zoo, has died after a battle with cancer. The zoo remembers ...

A popular giant otter at the Roger Williams Park Zoo had to be euthanized, despite efforts by zookeepers to treat its ...

PROVIDENCE — If you’ve lived in Rhode Island for any length of time, you’ve heard about Roger Williams. But do we really know what the state’s founder was like? On the Rhode Island Report podcast, ...

Baby animals are our favorite. Puppies, kittens, chicks, bunnies — the list goes on and on! And if you go to the Roger Williams Park Zoo in Providence, Rhode Island, you can see a brand-new baby sloth ...

Remember that massive sloth phase a few years ago? Turns out, it wasn't a phase, Mom. Sloths are still the internet's favorite slowpokes, and honestly, they earned it. The DMV scene in Zootopia might ...

Roger Williams Zoo just welcomed its tiniest new tenant: a baby two-toed sloth. On Oct. 11, the new sloth was born at the zoo to mother, Fiona and dad, Riley. It is not known yet whether the sloth is ...

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Roger Williams Park Zoo has officially named its twin red panda kits. The duo has been named Katara and Sokka, inspired by the iconic brother–sister duo from Avatar: The Last ...