Zoo New England is announcing that both its zoos will re-open their outdoor exhibits to the general public on June 4 - but that you'll have to first go online to buy timed tickets in advance - no more just showing up. Also, you'll have to wear a facial covering, follow a one-way path through the exhibits and stay six feet away from other groups. Read more.
Greg Cook talks to Pete Costello, assistant curator at the Stone Zoo, about caring for animals when visitors are banned:
"Some of the animals are noticing that there are no guests here," Costello says. "They're super focused when the keepers walk by."
Among these are the white-cheeked gibbons. Zoo keepers procured a bubble machine to occupy the apes.
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