The Giraffe House building is currently closed. The giraffe and okapi are viewable outdoors as weather conditions allow.
Weekend Roundup: September 12th & 13th
It’s going to be one wild weekend at the Zoo! We have a trio of fun activities taking place this Saturday and Sunday, and they’re not just for animal lovers. 1. Pet an Instrument We are welcoming the Baltimore Gamer Symphony Orchestra and their “musical petting zoo“. Kids of all ages are welcome to pet, or play rather, musical instruments and ...
Maryland Zoo in Baltimore Welcomes New Addition
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is welcoming its newest baby, a male sitatunga calf born on June 28, 2015 at 11:15 am. This is the second male sitatunga calf born this year at the Zoo. The calf, named Carl by zoo keepers, now weighs about twenty pounds and is strong and healthy. His parents are two-year-old Cricket and eight-year-old Lou. “The baby is ...
Summer Hours at the Zoo
Also open late the 2nd Saturday of each month through September Beginning Friday, May 1, the Zoo will open to guests 30 minutes early at 9:30 a.m. each Friday, Saturday and Sunday through Labor Day Weekend. Closing time remains 4:00 p.m., with the exception of the second Saturday of each month when we will once again host “After Hours with the ...
Volunteer Spotlights
We are celebrating National Volunteer Appreciation Week (April 11-18) by honoring our many wild and wonderful volunteers. The volunteers highlighted below are only a handful of over 1,000 individuals that provide over 36,000 hours of service to support all functions of the Zoo, such as maintaining our beautiful campus, teaching our guests about ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes Amur Leopard
The Maryland Zoo is proud to announce the addition of an endangered Amur leopard. Sofiya is a 6-year-old female who was born at the St Louis Zoological Park, in Missouri. Over the course of her life she’s lived at both The Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo and Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo, before being moved to The Maryland Zoo in mid-November at the request ...
Creature Feature – Arctic Fox
What does the arctic fox keeper say? Find out in this creature feature about the Zoo’s two arctic foxes. The following interview is with Becky Lynagh, animal keeper at The Maryland Zoo for over 12 years! Becky and a team of keepers care for the resident animals in Polar Bear Watch which include the arctic fox, ravens, and polar bears as well as the ...
Maryland Zoo Announces Birth of Two Sitatunga Calves
This antelope species is native to central Africa; calves are first for the Zoo’s new adult male. BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore welcomed the birth of two new sitatunga calves this past weekend. A female calf was born Friday afternoon to the adult female, Mousse, and weighed 3.65 kilograms. The second female calf was born ...
Exhibit Information for January 25th -27th
The Zoo will be open this weekend with winter hours, but with colder temperatures continuing to affect the Baltimore area, not all exhibits will be open from Saturday, January 25th through Monday, January 27th. Please see below for a complete look at what animals will be visible: The polar bears, ravens and Arctic foxes will remain on exhibit for the ...
Third Colobus Monkey Baby Born
BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is pleased to announce the birth of black-and-white colobus monkey born in the Chimpanzee Forest on Monday, December 30, 2013. This is the third baby for The Maryland Zoo’s colobus pair, Keri, age 16 and Bisi, age 21. “Gonzo,” born in April 2012, was the first offspring for the troop, followed by ...
Visitor Advisory: Temporary Exhibit Closure
Beginning Monday, October 28, 2013, the Zoo’s rhinos, zebra and ostriches will be off exhibit until the second week in November due to ongoing construction work. A new water/sewer line is being laid through this exhibit to bring improved service to various parts of the Zoo, including the new African penguin exhibit. Due to these special ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Ring-Tailed Lemurs
BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to welcome two ring-tailed lemurs (Lemur catta) to the Zoo! This is a new species for the Zoo, which already has red ruffed lemurs (Varecia variegata rubra) and Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus verreauxi coquereli) on exhibit. Ring-tailed lemurs Alexander, age 8, and Fern, age 6, recently ...
Maryland Zoo Announces Birth of Sitatunga Calf
BALTIMORE, MD — The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is welcoming its newest arrival — a female sitatunga calf born on Monday, August 5, 2013. The calf weighed 12.65 pounds at her last vet visit, and is strong and healthy. Her parents are four-year-old Lela and five-year-old Hurley. “The baby is nursing well, and Lela has been very attentive to the ...