bobcat in snow
Maryland Zoo Admission Prices Drop With The Temperatures

- Beginning December 1, all tickets $15 through February 2022 -  November 29, 2021 (BALTIMORE, MD) – As the weather outside turns frightful, the Maryland Zoo will remain delightful with discounted winter pricing. From Wednesday, December 1, 2021, until Monday, February 28, 2022, admission is $15 per person. For Zoo members and children under two, ...

rhino wallowing in mud.
The Year in Review 2021

With 2021 coming to a close, we thank you for your incredible support this year! Simply put, we couldn’t be successful without you. From all of your friends at the Zoo, we wish you all the best 2022 has to offer. Now it’s time to take a look back at the good, and bittersweet, things this year brought…  Introducing New Zoo ...

virtual field talks
Bolivian River Dolphins

Dr. Ellen Bronson will speak on her experience with an effort to rescue and translocate a group of Bolivian river dolphins while collecting priceless information on this endangered species. Please click this link to join the webinar: https://marylandzoo-org.zoom.us/j/87252139401 No registration needed! Just click the link above to join on the day of ...

male giraffe
Reticulated Giraffe

Giraffes live in eastern, central and southern Africa. They range across savannah, grasslands, and open woods in search of trees – especially their favorite, acacias – to feed upon. The Maryland Zoo has several reticulated giraffes, one of nine recognized subspecies of giraffe. Giraffes travel in loose, informal herds and are not territorial ...

sitatunga calf
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Addition to Sitatunga Herd

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is welcoming its newest baby, a male sitatunga calf born on Sunday, September 10, 2017. The calf, which has been named Marcus, was born to four-year-old Mousse and sired by one-year-old Chopper. He currently weighs seventeen pounds and is quite healthy. “The baby is nursing well, and Mousse has been very attentive to his ...

blue duiker with calf
Blue Duiker

Blue duikers live throughout central, eastern, and southern Africa. They inhabit a wide variety of forest and woodlands, including lowland rainforest, gallery forest, coastal scrub farmland, dense thicket, and montane forest. Blue duikers are forest antelope that spend most of their time foraging for fruit and other plant materials to eat. They are most ...

Eastern Newt
Eastern or Red-spotted Newt

Eastern or red-spotted newts live in forested parts of eastern North America, in or near swamps, streams, ponds, and small pools of fresh water. At the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, visitors can see eastern newts in the Cave exhibit of the Maryland Wilderness. Eastern newts are most active during the warmer months of the year, and are often found ...

caribbean flamingo
Caribbean Flamingo

Caribbean flamingos are found on the north coast of South America, the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and on several Caribbean islands.   A small, isolated population also inhabits the Galapagos Islands. You can see the Flamingos in the African Journey, near the Penguin Coast exhibit. Caribbean flamingos are highly social birds that communicate vocally ...

raven
Raven

Ravens live throughout the world. They are one of the most widespread species on earth, living throughout North America and Eurasia, as far north as the Arctic and as far south as Central America and northern Africa. They occupy many types of habitat, including tundra, forest, desert, tropics, and mountains. The Maryland Zoo’s Animal Embassy houses ...

leopard tortoise
Leopard Tortoise

Leopard tortoises are native to the dry savannahs of central and southern Africa. They belong to the family of “land tortoises” known as Testudinae. Africa supports more species of land tortoise than anywhere else. The Maryland Zoo has leopard tortoises on exhibit in its African Journey portion of the Zoo. Leopard tortoises are well adapted to ...

giraffe
Giving Tuesday 2024

Shh…We’ve got a BIG secret to tell. We recently became home to a 3-year-old female reticulated giraffe from another AZA accredited facility! As is customary with the addition of all animals who aren’t born on campus, she is currently going through a quarantine period. During this time, operations vary from the norm. Our incredible ...

timber rattlesnake
Timber Rattlesnake

Timber rattlesnakes are native to the eastern United States and are found in thick brush and dense woodlands.  In the northern parts of their range, they live mostly in rocky, hilly, forested terrain.  In the southern parts of their range, they are found in swampy areas.  Timber rattlesnakes are one of two venomous snakes native to Maryland, and may ...