8+ hour, 22+ min ago  (220+ words) Spring is bringing new adventures to the Roger Williams Park Zoo " from a larger'than'life bug exhibit to Easter Bunny visits and some unexpected animal ambassadors. Zoo leaders Stacey Johnson, Executive Director, and Michaela Nelson, Ambassador Animal Programs Lead, recently stopped…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (205+ words) PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) " Has the Big Blue Bug met its match? The Roger Williams Park Zoo will soon become home to a number of life-sized insects. The zoo recently announced a new exhibit that will allow visitors to "experience the outdoors…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago  (381+ words) PROVINCETOWN, Mass. (WPRI) " Researchers spotted a hopeful sign for a critically endangered whale species in Cape Cod Bay last week. In a press release, the Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) revealed that aerial observers saw North Atlantic right whale mothers…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (208+ words) Dogtopia and Rhode Island SPCA share about local pet adoption'WPRI.com The Rhode Island SPCA (RISPCA), founded in 1870, is the oldest nonprofit animal welfare organization in Rhode Island and the third oldest in the country Dedicated to protecting and caring…...

2+ week, 3+ hour ago  (384+ words) BOSTON (WPRI) " The Massachusetts Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (MSPCA) is seeking homes for dozens of rats who were removed from a single home last month. MSPCA law enforcement removed 163 rats from the Essex County home on…...