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Penguin Coast Set To Open September 27th 2014
Set To Open September 27 at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore — Also opening is the Marsh Aviary in the Maryland Wilderness and flamingos are back! – BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is...
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Announcing Von der Decken’s Hornbill Chicks
BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to announce the hatching of three Von der Decken’s hornbill (Tockus deckeni) chicks in the African Aviary.Von der Decken’s hornbill is a small...
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Run Wild With the Animals at Zoo Zoom 2014
BALTIMORE, MD –The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is ready once again to host Zoo Zoom, a wild 8K race that winds its way through Druid Hill Park and the Zoo. This year Zoo Zoom will take place on Sunday,...
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Maryland Zoo Mourning Loss of Giraffe Angel
BALTIMORE –The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is saddened to announce the death of Angel, the Zoo’s 17-year-old reticulated giraffe. Angel was humanely euthanized yesterday after struggling with...
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Zoo Lioness, Cuma, Euthanized
The Maryland Zoo is saddened to announce that Cuma (Koo-ma), the Maryland Zoo’s geriatric lioness, was euthanized late yesterday evening. “Cuma’s health had been in gradual decline from several...
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Rehabilitated Snowy Owl Released
Yesterday afternoon, wildlife experts from DNR, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, and Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research released a rehabilitated female snowy owl on the beaches of Assateague State Park....
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New Addition to Chimp Troop
BALTIMORE, MD –The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is excited to announce the addition of a 30-year-old female chimpanzee to the Zoo’s troop. “Jane” arrived in early November from the Rolling Hills Zoo in...
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Penguin Chicks Have Names, Dawn & Hope
BALTIMORE, MD – For the past two weeks, people have been voting to name the first two penguin chicks of the 2014 breeding season at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. Voting ended this weekend with 909 out...
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Are You Wild Enough To Volunteer at The Zoo
BALTIMORE, MD – If you think our animals are wild, come meet our Volunteers and see if you have what it takes to join the herd! The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore will be hosting an Open House for...
View ArticleLove is in the Air at The Maryland Zoo
Join us for the most exotic Valentine’s event of the season Why do male Panamanian golden frogs wave at the females? (Hint: it’s not just to be neighborly.) Were you aware that male gibbons rely on the...
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Mourning the Loss of Bloke the kookaburra
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is mourning the loss of Bloke the laughing kookaburra, one of the Zoo’s most well known and beloved Animal Ambassadors. Bloke, who at age 23 was one of the oldest...
View ArticleFord “EcoBoost Challenge Tour” Comes to The Maryland Zoo
Test drive a new car, get 50% off admission to the Zoo on March 27 On Friday, March 27, 2015, theFord Motor Company will bring the “EcoBoost Challenge Tour” to The Maryland Zoo to introduce the newest...
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Elderly Cheetah, Alix, Euthanized
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is saddened to announce the death of female cheetah, Alix (pronounced Allie). Considered geriatric at age 15, Alix had been suffering from kidney disease, spinal...
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New Kids On The Block
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to announce the birth of twin African pygmy goat kids. The kids, one male and one female, were born on Tuesday, March 10 to the Zoo’s African pygmy goat pair Lex...
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Zoo Discount – Lardarius Webb Charity Softball Game
It’s a whole new ball game. See your favorite Ravens play the field for fun. It’s the 6th Annual Lardarius Webb Charity Softball Game presented by United Way of Central Maryland. Join Lardarius...
View ArticleSee The Imagination Movers LIVE at The Zoo!
What goes together like the Zoo and family fun? You and the Imagination Movers! On June 28, 2015, laugh, sing, and dance along with the Emmy-award winning stars of the hit Disney Junior Channel series,...
View ArticleSummer Hours at the Zoo
Maryland Zoo to open early on weekends May 1st through Labor Day – Also open late the 2nd Saturday of each month through September – Beginning Friday, May 1, the Zoo will open to guests 30 minutes...
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The Zoo Says Goodbye to Iconic Polar Bear, Magnet
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is deeply saddened to announce the passing of zoo icon and beloved polar bear, Magnet, age 26. Magnet had recently been diagnosed with kidney disease, but had overall...
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The Camels are Back!
Camels Return to the Maryland Zoo! And, they’re back! The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore’s summer resident camels have arrived from their winter home in Missouri. They are now ready for Zoo visitors to...
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A Mother’s Day Story: The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore And Tampa’s Lowry Park...
A baby female chimpanzee, born at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore on March 12, has moved to Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo in search of a surrogate chimp mother after her birth mother was unable to properly care...
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