The Giraffe House is currently closed for Kipi and her calf.
Baltimore Cultural Organizations Celebrate World Environment Day with Visitor Incentives
Discounts offered in exchange for protecting the environment BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), B&O Railroad Museum, Everyman Theatre, Maryland Zoo, and The Walters Art Museum today announced a new initiative to encourage individuals to adopt sustainable practices on World Environment Day. By taking the actions listed below ...
Plains Zebra
There are four species of zebra: Plains, Grevy’s, Cape Mountain, and Hartmann’s Mountain. The Plains Zebra, on exhibit at The Maryland Zoo, is the most common and geographically widespread. It is also known as the Common Zebra or Burchell’s Zebra. Plains Zebras roam Africa’s grasslands and venture into woodland and marshy areas as well. Check ...
Maryland Zoo Will Host ANTIQUES ROADSHOW
PBS’ most-watched program to film three episodes during one full day of taping on June 18, 2024 BALTIMORE, MD – The experts at ANTIQUES ROADSHOW know a hidden gem when they find one. PBS' most-watched program is coming to Maryland Zoo to film all-day appraisals on Tuesday, June 18. “Holding events at locations like Maryland Zoo provides an ...
Giraffe Calf Naming Contest
In case you haven't heard, our herd just got a little bigger (and taller)—we recently welcomed a new giraffe calf to the Zoo! Born in the early morning hours of March 27 to Kipi, the 4-year-old reticulated giraffe, this adorable calf arrived as a complete surprise. Kipi, who only arrived at the Zoo in November, wasn't known to be pregnant, so the ...
Young African Bull Elephant at Maryland Zoo Survives EEHV
BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Zoo today announced that, thanks to early detection and intensive therapy, its 15 year-old African bull elephant, Samson, has survived an episode of a strain of the Elephant Endotheliotropic Herpesvirus (EEHV6). This same animal survived a different strain of this same virus (EEHV3b) when he was 5 years-old and was the first ...
Maryland Zoo to Host a Free Virtual Field Talk
BALTIMORE, MD – Experience life on the front lines of wildlife conservation with Dr. Lucy Kemp, project manager for the Mabula Ground Hornbill Project, during this FREE virtual Field Talk made possible by SC&H Group. Taking place on Wednesday, January 13, 2021 from 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm you will “travel” to South Africa to learn from Dr. Kemp about ...
Orphaned Grizzly Bear Cubs Making Their Home at the Maryland Zoo
For the first time in its 140 year history, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is now home to two grizzly bear cubs from Montana, which were found trying to survive in the wild without their mother. “Although no one likes the tragic circumstances that lead to the cubs coming here to the Zoo, we are pleased that we can offer a permanent home to these sisters,” ...
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 ...
New, Improved Parking Lot Makes It Easier to Roll Your Crew Into the Maryland Zoo
The lot features a state-of-the-art water runoff collection system, and covered bike parking BALTIMORE, MD – There’s now a better way to roll your crew into the Maryland Zoo. After a decade of planning and a year of construction, The Zoo has completely overhauled its parking lot to provide a superior experience for guests, whether they ...
Panamanian Golden Frogs Now on Exhibit
Today The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore unveiled its newest exhibit — Panamanian golden frogs. Panamanian golden frogs are among the rarest in the amphibian world, and are considered extinct in their native habitat due to the deadly amphibian chytrid fungus that has spread to their environment. Panamanians revere the golden frog as a symbol of good luck, ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Cheetah Sisters
The Maryland Zoo is happy to announce that two female cheetah (Acinonyx jubatus), have arrived from the San Diego Wildlife Safari Park to take up residence in the African Journey section of the Zoo. Tuli and Teep are eight-year-old cheetah littermates, born at Fossil Rim Wildlife Center in Glen Rose, Texas in 2006, which have been living in San Diego for the ...
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 ...