Veterinary Internship & Conservation Award Renamed for Dr. Mike Cranfield
Generous donation by Michael and Ann Hankin memorializes Cranfield’s lifetime of accomplishments BALTIMORE, MD – At a memorial service for its former top veterinarian and world-renowned animal conservationist, Dr. Mike Cranfield, the Maryland Zoo announced that an existing research internship program would be renamed in his honor. After his ...
National Zoo Keeper Week Profile – Katie K.
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 ...
African Grey Parrot
African grey parrots are native to west and central Africa. They inhabit different types of lowland forest, including rainforest, woodlands, and wooded savannah. They can be seen along forest edges and in clearings as well, and sometimes feeding in gardens and cultivated fields. African greys are kept as pets in many parts of the world and their ...
Eastern Screech Owl
Eastern screech owls are distributed widely from southern Canada, across the entire eastern United States, and into northern Mexico. They are found in almost all types of woodland habitat, including forest, river valley, swamp, and urban and suburban parks and gardens. The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore features an eastern screech owl among its Animal ...
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 ...
Harris’s Hawk
Harris’s hawks are found in the southwestern U.S. and further south into Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America. They inhabit open, dry country such as cactus deserts, scrub, grasslands, agricultural lands, and river woods. Harris’s hawks are unusual birds of prey because they are social. They form complex social hierarchies and are ...
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 ...
National Zoo Keeper Week Profile – Moriah W.
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 ...
National Zoo Keeper Week Profile – Caroline C.
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 ...
National Zookeeper Week Profile – Joseph H.
They’re some of the most hardworking, dedicated and passionate people you’ll meet. It’s National Zookeeper Appreciation Week and we’re celebrating the amazing work our zookeepers do for wildlife every day. The Maryland Zoo is fortunate to have expert teams of animal professionals focused on the care of more than 200 species big and small. We’re ...
Keeper Spotlight – Carolina D.
Carolina is a Keeper 2, so rather than working in one specific area of the Zoo she moves around day by day. See what she has to say about her experience here in this National Zookeeper Week spotlight. What kind of animals do you work with or what area? I have worked with most of the animals at the Zoo. Lately, it has been primates in the Chimp Forest area ...
Keeper Spotlight – Anthony S.
In this keeper spotlight you’ll meet a keeper who started our as a teen in our Junior Zoo Crew and worked his way up. What kind of animals do you work with or what area? African hoofstock, carnivores, and farm animals. How long have you been working at the zoo? I’ve been working at the Zoo for 4 years and I volunteered for a while before ...