Off Exhibit: Preventative Medicine for Animals
It’s no secret that good veterinary care is vital to the health and wellbeing of Zoo animals. But what you may not know is how much time and effort is spent on preventative medicine. On this episode of Off Exhibit meet Associate Veternarian Dr. Christy Rettenmund and learn about the extensive programs helping treat animals long before they show any ...
Off Exhibit: Rescuing Grizzly Bear Cubs
It’s a story that starts with two orphaned grizzly bear cubs in the wilds of Montana. What happens next is an effort to save these sisters that spans the country and ends with a new home at the Maryland Zoo. How exactly did the grizzly cubs end up in need of help and what lead the Zoo’s animal care team to volunteer a home for these orphaned ...
Choo Choo For $2
All aboard! A special deal on train rides is coming down the tracks this March. All tickets to ride the Jones Falls Zephyr are just $2 all month long- that’s 50% off the regular price!! About The Train The Zephyr’s 10-minute ride leaves the train station near the Zoo’s Farmyard and moves on the one-mile track behind the African Journey returning ...
Penguin Chick Checkup
We’re well underway in our breeding season for the South African penguins here at the Maryland Zoo! So far, we have 7 successful hatchings. Want to see how the first three chicks to hatch are doing? Check out this video for a behind-the-scenes view of the three week olds receiving their first physical! http://youtu.be/mlOE5Hyw3bg
Maryland Zoo Welcomes Two Cheetah Brothers
The Maryland Zoo is happy to announce that two male cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), have arrived from the San Diego Wildlife Safari Park to take up residence in the African Journey section of the Zoo. Refu (Ray-fu) and Wgasa (Wa-gasa) were born at the San Diego Safari Park in July 2014, and are named for historical locations within that park. “We are very ...
15 Wildest Zoo Moments of 2015
Every day at the Zoo is wild, but as 2015 comes to a close we thought, “hey, let’s look back at those moments that put an extra waddle in our step this year.” So here goes… 1. Penguins. Closer than ever. http://youtu.be/0TlcaI9jfvQ Ok, we know the new Penguin Coast exhibit opened in 2014, but what can we say we are still obsessed. 2. Baby ...
Sex At The Zoo – Back For 2016
Males courting the same female may become violent and fight each other to prove their worth. Once a male is victorious, it’s up to the female to woo him! Of course in the case of the rhinoceros, courtship is anything but romantic, involving load “roaring” vocalizations, chasing and even hitting one another before they mate. Warthogs, on the other ...
Zoo Zoom 2015 Race Results
Congratulations to all the runners who participated in this year’s Zoo Zoom 8K! Your run helped support the Zoo and the animals. The Zoo is a nonprofit organization that relies in large part on your support and fundraisers like Zoo Zoom to fund operations, animal care, education programs and wildlife conservation. Special thanks to ...
Brew at the Zoo Photos 2015
A special thanks to all who attended this year’s Brew at the Zoo. This annual two day event is the biggest Zoo fundraiser of the year. Every dollar raised goes directly to fund Zoo operations, animal care, education programs and wildlife conservation. Click through the photo album below to view pics from this year’s event. Brew at the Zoo ...
A Mother’s Day Story: The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore and Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo Collaborate to Find Infant Chimpanzee a Mother
A baby female chimpanzee, born at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore on March 12, has moved to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo in search of a surrogate chimp mother after her birth mother was unable to properly care for her. The infant, named “Keeva,” (pronounced key-va), was born at 2.6 pounds to first-time mother “Carole,” a 27-year-old long-time member of ...
Power Plant Live! Presents “Flaps N Taps” Bar Crawl To Benefit The Maryland Zoo
Waddle Flaps N Taps: A Penguin Bar Waddle on Saturday, April 11, 2015. Join us for a bar crawl waddle from 3:00 pm until 6:00 pm featuring access to Power Plant Live!’s downstairs bars, as well as a visit from some of the most interesting Animal Ambassadors from The Maryland Zooincluding Ravens mascots Rise & Conquer, African penguins and ...
Successful Penguin Cataract Surgery
Boss Hog, a 29 year old male African penguin, developed bilateral cataracts in his old age. There was significant vision impairment: he was noted to have difficulty getting around the exhibit and he was reluctant to come out of his box or to be very active. “Boss” was not seeing due to mature, or complete cataracts in both eyes. His keepers ...