Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Southern White Rhino
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is thrilled to announce the addition of a four-year-old Southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum) to the African Watering Hole section of the Zoo. Jaharo joins the Zoo as a companion to Stubby, the Zoo’s 22-year-old rhino. Jaharo was born at The Wilds, a private, non-profit conservation center in Cumberland, Ohio on ...
The Woman Who Loves Giraffes
Can you think of a better way to celebrate World Giraffe Day than by joining us for an evening movie at the giraffe habitat? Our giraffe care team, along with our generous sponsor Orrstown Bank, are incredibly excited to present to you a complimentary screening of “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes” (2018). Please join us for this fun and educational ...
Name a Penguin Chick
The Maryland Zoo has been hatching penguin chicks for over 50 years, celebrating the arrival of Mille, chick number 1000 in 2018. Along with an ID number, sort of like a Social Security number, each penguin is named according to a specific annual theme. Past themes have included types of fish (Trigger, Tetra) and literary characters (Gatsby, ...
Off Exhibit: Working with Elephants
They’re the largest animals at the Zoo and deservedly get an equally large amount of care and training. Elephants are complex mammals with complex needs and the challenge of working with them is one that Arleta Crawford, Elephant Operations Manager, enjoys every day. But working with large land mammals isn’t what Arleta has always done. Much of her ...
5th Annual OktoBEARfest at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is excited to announce the 5th annual “OktoBEARfest,” Fall beer festival to be held on Saturday, October 22, 2016, in conjunction with Baltimore Beer Week. The event runs from 12:00 pm until 4:00 pm at the Zoo’s Waterfowl Lake Pavilion area and will feature a host of seasonal ales, Oktoberfest inspired foods and live ...
Maryland Zoo Free of Single-Use Consumer Plastics
BALTIMORE – As three-time winners, The Maryland Zoo community is once again participating in the Plastic Free Ecochallenge this month. In the spirit of this global sustainability movement, we are excited to announce that The Zoo no longer sells drinks in plastic bottles! All bottled drinks, including water, are now sold in recyclable aluminum. “This ...
Penguin Construction Update – February 28th
The month of February has been cold, but we were lucky to have some really nice, warm days and hopefully more warm days to come. The Zoo’s new African Penguin exhibit has been making great progress thanks to the Whiting-Turner team, and Perry the Penguin has seen it all! The main public exhibit building, the Penguin Interpretive Center, continues to ...
Traffic Advisory for Saturday, June 14th
Due to the Baltimore 10-Miler Lake to Lake Race, many entrances into the Park will be closed to traffic early on Saturday, June 14. If you are planning to come to the Zoo, we suggest you take the following route to access the Zoo parking lot. We also suggest that you come no earlier than 10:00 am to ensure that some of the race traffic has moved from the ...
Maryland Zoo Celebrates 29th Annual ZooBOOO!
BALTIMORE, MD — On October 26, 27 and 28, 2012, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will celebrate 29 years of ZooBOOO! presented by CFG Community Bank, a Baltimore Halloween tradition. The event takes place from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm at the Zoo in the Waterfowl Lake Pavilion area. This year ZooBOOO! includes Baltimore’s safest Halloween trick-or-treating, ...
Discount for Zoo Members: “Island of Lemurs”
The Maryland Science Center’s IMAX Theater is now showing the eye-opening documentary “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D.” The documentary explores the vivid and diverse group of lemurs that inhabit the exotic island, all shot through IMAX 3D cameras. Through the narration of Morgan Freeman, it tells the history of the primates — how ...
Maryland Zoo Celebrates 32rd Annual ZooBooo!
It’s a Baltimore Halloween Tradition! On October 23, 24, and 25, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will once again host ZooBOOO! presented by CFG Community Bank. The event takes place from 10:00 am until 4:00 pm at the Zoo in the Waterfowl Lake Pavilion area. This year ZooBOOO! includes Baltimore’s safest Halloween trick-or-treating, visits from our Animal ...
Ailing Cheetah, Rafiki, Euthanized
February 12, 2014 BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is saddened to announce the death of geriatric male cheetah, Rafiki. Rafiki had been suffering from kidney disease, arthritis, and other age-related ailments, but had remained in fairly good health until recently. During the past few weeks, his quality of life declined sharply and he ...