First Penguin Chicks of the Season Hatch
BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to announce that two African penguin chicks hatched on October 12 and 16, 2011. These are the first chicks to hatch this season. They were born weighing 106 grams and 94 grams respectively, and they are thriving, gaining weight and growing substantially at each vet check. Using a blood test, it has ...
Maryland Zoo Celebrates Selection as Giant Food Community Bag Program Beneficiary
Not in the local area, but still want to support the Zoo? Donate online now! [button color="green"]Donate[/button] BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been selected as a beneficiary of the Giant Food Community Bag Program at the Hampden location for the month August. The Giant Food Community Bag Program, which launched in May 2019, is ...
BB&T Bank Presents “Brew at the Zoo” Memorial Day Weekend
BB&T Bank Presents “Brew at the Zoo,” the annual outdoor festival at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore on Saturday, May 28 and Sunday, May 29 at the Waterfowl Lake Pavilion, from 1 p.m. – 7 p.m. each day. This fun, family-friendly event provides guests with the opportunity for unlimited sampling of a diverse assortment of local and national beers and ...
Zoo Zoom Registration Now Open
Registration for Zoo Zoom, The Maryland Zoo’s wild 8K race, is now open! Zoo Zoom will take place on Sunday, November 22, 2015 at 8:30 am. The race begins in front of the Zoo’s Mansion House, winds through Druid Hill Park and the Zoo, before racers take that one last hill passing the Mansion again before crossing the finish line back inside the Zoo ...
Keeper Spotlight – Taylor Z.
Keepers at the Maryland Zoo are fun and friendly people (who willingly get into model oriole nests), but they are also incredibly professional and passionate about their careers. For this National Zookeeper Week spotlight, meet Taylor, he cares for some of the animals that many people are most afraid of. What kind of animals do you work with or ...
National Veterinary Technician Week
It’s National Veterinary Technician Week and here at the Maryland Zoo we have four fabulous reasons to celebrate. Thank you for all you do for the animals and to support the doctors, keepers and other Zoo professionals you work with, Kaitlin, Jenny, Jen & Devon! What is a vet tech and what do they do? We’ll let the vet techs who work in the ...
Cheetah
Cheetahs were once widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa, across the Middle East, and in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. Today, that vast range has shrunk to very limited range in parts of Africa. Most cheetahs live in small, isolated groups on the fringes of protected game reserves. They are pushed there by more aggressive predators such as lions and ...
Big Changes Coming to Polar Bear Watch at The Maryland Zoo
UPDATE: We are thrilled to announce that our polar bear, Anoki, has settled into her new home at Seneca Park Zoo in Rochester, NY. This is a homecoming for Anoki as she was born at Seneca Park in 1996. She will be living in the exhibit her mother, Aurora, once inhabited. We wish her nothing but the best! —Anoki the polar bear to move out, polar bear ...
Northern Pine Snake
Northern pine snakes live in the northern and east-central United States, in areas with sandy soil and dry upland forests such as pine woods. They can be found from New Jersey to Alabama and are regionally rare in Maryland. One place in Maryland where you might find them is the Isle of Wight, which lies just west of Ocean City and is one of the state’s ...
Northern Copperhead
Northern copperheads live in varying terrain along the east coast of the United States, from Massachusetts south to Georgia and Alabama and west to Illinois. In Maryland, they can be found in coastal areas, marshes, forests, fields, wooded slopes, and ravines from the Eastern Shore west to the Blue Ridge Mountains. Copperheads particularly like terrain ...
Common Warthog
The common warthog is a species of wild pig native to Africa. They are commonly seen in Africa’s open grasslands but also seek out denser vegetation. Warthogs can also survive in desert fringes. Check out the warthog exhibit in the African Journey section of The Maryland Zoo. The warthog has the face and head of a ferocious fighter – large, and ...
Keeper Spotlight – Katie C.
Happy Zookeeper Appreciation Week! Meet Katie, she is a keeper in the Maryland Wilderness and Panamanian Golden Frog exhibits. Read her keeper spotlight below to learn how she became a keeper and what she loves about her job. What kind of animals do you work with or what area? I work in the Maryland Wilderness/Panamanian Golden Frog Area. I take care ...