Green-winged Macaw
Green-winged macaws, also known as red-and-green macaws, are native to southern Central America and northern South America. They inhabit tropical rainforest. The Maryland Zoo features a green-winged macaw among its Animal Ambassadors, which are introduced to audiences in education programs on and off grounds. Macaws spend most of their time in the ...
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 ...
Injured Turtle at The Maryland Zoo Fitted With Customized LEGO® Wheelchair
Summer 2019 LEGO Turtle Update Spring 2019 LEGO Turtle Update BALTIMORE, MD – A wild Eastern box turtle at The Maryland Zoo is on the mend and on the move thanks to some clever engineering using LEGO® bricks. “In July, an injured turtle was found in Druid Hill Park by a Zoo employee, and was brought to the Zoo’s hospital for treatment,” ...
National Zoo Keeper Week Profile – Katharine M.
It’s National Zoo Keeper Appreciation Week and we’re celebrating the amazing work our zookeepers do for wildlife every day. They are the dedicated keepers, teachers, and caretakers of the animals here at the zoo. They are also some of the most Passionate hardworking people you’ll meet. The Maryland Zoo is fortunate to have expert teams of animal ...
Brown Bear
Brown bears live all across the northern hemisphere and thrive in many types of habitat including forest, taiga, tundra, and coastal and semi-desert areas. Two subspecies of brown bear live in North America: the grizzly bear and the Kodiak bear. Grizzlies primarily inhabit interior areas of Canada, Alaska, and the continental U.S. (in a handful of ...
Breakfast in Africa
Rise and shine with the Zoo’s African Watering Hole animals. This exclusive VIP experience is a private event that takes place before the Zoo opens. Enjoy dining al fresco in our beautiful African Pavilion where a full breakfast menu will be served freshly cooked in a pre-packaged meal. Once breakfast has concluded, guests will be treated to a special ...
Indian Peafowl
Indian peafowl are native to India and neighboring countries but are now found all over the world in feral colonies or as a domesticated species. In their native range, peafowl typically live near rivers or streams in wooded areas. They are also free-ranging in agricultural areas, villages, and even urban areas. Peafowl are active during the day and ...
Give a Very Maryland Name to a Penguin Chick
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, and we’re not talking about the holidays—it’s African penguin breeding season! This year, the penguin care team has selected Maryland as the naming theme for chicks hatched during the 2023-2024 season! Previous themes have included spices, gemstones, literary characters, and desserts. We've teamed up ...
African Penguin Chicks & The Chance to Name One!
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and we're not talking about the holidays—it's African penguin breeding season! We've already had four tiny, fluffy, endangered chicks hatch at Penguin Coast, so (as many of you know and look forward to each year) it's time for the announcement of the annual naming theme! This year, the penguin care ...
Results from Julius the Giraffe Calf’s Necropsy Provide Insight and Hope
Another chapter of Julius’s story has come to a close and its contents make us more sure his legacy and the lessons we learned from him will continue on to help other giraffe calves like him. A necropsy (an animal autopsy) was performed by doctors at Johns Hopkins and lab tests were poured over. The resulting report showed lesions on the left side of ...
African Journey Construction Update: 1/25/19
Winter has not slowed us down! Progress on the lion, giraffe and elephant habitat renovations continue and in the update below you'll start to see some of the most exciting features of the new spaces (like floor to ceiling glass viewing windows for lions and new places to get eye to eye with elephants) taking shape. Lion Habitat Exciting ...