The playground at Celebration Hill by the Main Gate is closed. The silo slide in the Farmyard and Giant Tree slide in Maryland Wilderness remains open.
5 Game Of Thrones Creatures IRL
As spring is blooming at the Zoo, Winter is here... the highly-anticipated final season of Game of Thrones is premiering this Sunday. Although recognizable animal characters will be leaving the screen at the end of the season, the creatures in the series can be seen lingering around for a little longer; but in slightly different forms here at the Zoo. 1 ...
African Journey Construction Update: 4/10/19
The day has finally arrived! The new and renovated Lion Habitat is now open to guests, and our lions Zuri and Hassan have returned. The giraffe yards and expanded Elephant Overlook are still in progress, but with warmer weather now in the air, construction is springing forward! Check out the update below for the latest news on the renovations. Lion ...
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern screech owls are distributed widely from southern Canada, across the entire eastern United States, and into northern Mexico. They are found in almost all types of woodland habitat, including forest, river valley, swamp, and urban and suburban parks and gardens. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore features an eastern screech owl among its Animal ...
M&T Bank Presents “Brew at the Zoo” Memorial Day Weekend
-- Early bird tickets on sale now until January 31 -- Buy Tickets BALTIMORE, MD- M&T Bank presents “Brew at the Zoo,” the annual outdoor festival at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore on Saturday, May 25 and Sunday, May 26 from 1 p.m. - 7 p.m. each day. This fun, family-friendly event provides guests with the opportunity for unlimited sampling ...
Hadada Ibis
Hadada ibis are common throughout sub-Saharan Africa. They prefer moist grasslands, marshes, and wetland edges. They are also attracted to irrigated farmland. Hadada ibis are wading birds that live at the intersection of wetlands and grasslands. They roost at night in groups of up to 100 and normally remain at the same roost site year-round. During the ...
African Journey Construction Update: 5/2/19
It sure does finally feel like spring! With the trees in bloom and just 50 days until summer, the African Journey renovations are approaching their final touches. New enrichment structures have been built in the lion habitat and the giraffe yard near Giraffe Feeding Station is almost complete. For elephants, their yard is looking lush and green and the ...
#GivingZOOday 2018
The most generous day of the year is Tuesday, November 27th. After giving thanks, eating and shopping the sales, #GivingTuesday is a time to give back to your favorite nonprofit organizations. Here at the Zoo, we celebrate #GivingZOOday as conservation organizations like ours around the country call on supporters to help us save species from extinction ...
Brew at the Zoo
It’s the Zoo's most important fundraiser of the year! Experience one of Baltimore’s biggest beer festivals Memorial Day weekend, May 25 & 26. Enjoy unlimited beer, wine, seltzer, and cider sampling, live music, local vendors, and, of course, all-day admission to the Zoo. VIP [SOLD OUT]: Be a VIP and gain access to a special VIP (only) area behind ...
African Slender-snouted Crocodile
Slender-snouted crocodiles are found in Central and West Africa, from Mauritania and Senegal to North Angola east to Zaire, Zambia, and East Tanzania. They live mainly in rivers and lakes and prefer freshwater over saltwater. The Maryland Zoo is one of few North American zoos to hold this species. See them in the African Journey, next to the Panamanian ...
Maryland Zoo Polar Bear Anoki Back In Polar Bear Watch
Anoki, the Maryland Zoo’s female polar bear, will be back in her Polar Bear Watch habitat this week as she leaves her den without giving birth to a cub. “We have been monitoring her behavior via camera throughout the denning season. While she was content and snug in her den, we were hopeful for a cub,” said Erin Cantwell, mammal collection and ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes Eight New Goats to the Herd
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is thrilled to announce the addition of eight Nigerian goats to the Goat Corral. The new residents, three males and five females, are two-and-a-half-years-old and came to the Zoo from Chicago Zoological Society’s Brookfield Zoo. They recently finished the mandatory 30-day quarantine and are now romping around the Goat ...
Zoo Goes Hog Wild for Warthog Piglets Cecil and Kirby
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore’s newest arrivals, two male common warthog piglets, were officially introduced to the public this morning as Cecil and Kirby. The two were named by popular vote after the team of zoo keepers each selected one name. Over 1,300 votes were cast for each name, with Cecil coming up with 27.4% of the vote for name one and Kirby with ...