The third-oldest zoo in the U.S. is evolving to embrace a mission of conservation and education. Here's how that affects the ...

From its modest opening in 1872 to its evolution to a regional zoo with a global mission, here are some important events in ...

“The word ‘Providence’ is for God’s divine providence in giving Roger Williams a place to establish ... “Removing the word ‘plantation’ – it will never truly make the amends ...

It is true that Roger Williams was not ... I was a newly adopted son of Providence. I had never heard that meaning because every American knows what a plantation is. Al told me, “most words ...

In August of 1676, Roger Williams, along with many founders of Rhode Island and the Providence Plantations ... Clinging to a definition of “plantation” as merely seeding a new geographical ...

The coded message turned out to be the last known theological work of Roger Williams, an early proponent of religious freedom and founder of Providence Plantation, in what is now Rhode Island.

Rhode Island’s official name includes “Providence Plantations” after the name of a settlement founded in 1636 by Roger Williams that ... The word “plantation” has a connotation ...

At Roger Williams Park Zoo, the penguins will eat 1 to 1½ pounds of fish daily over two or three feedings. They will be fed small herring, capelin, smelts, trout, minnows, sardines, anchovies and ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Alice, Ginny and Kate, the Roger Williams Park Zoo’s beloved African elephant trio, will leave Rhode Island in late 2027. The Roger Williams Park Zoo announced ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — The Roger Williams Park Zoo unveiled a brand new Masai giraffe statue Tuesday. The sculpture was crafted by artist Joseph Fitcher and donated to the zoo by Sarah and ...