This June & July, visit the American Visionary Art Museum (AVAM) for another truly wild experience! Take a round-tripo through AVAM’s current exhibition, “The Art of Storytelling: Lies, Encha ntment, Humor & Truth” and tour three historic buildings filled with wonders created by farmers, housewives, mechanics, retired folk, the disabled, the homeless – all inspired by the [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to announce the birth of two African pygmy goat kids. The kids, one male and one female, were born on Monday, April 15 around 10:30 pm to the Zoo’s African pygmy goat pair Lex and Lois. “Last year Lois gave birth to our first goat [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo’s five-year-old elephant Samson continues to recover in his fight against elephant endotheliotropic herpesvirus (EEHV) and Zoo staff sees daily improvement in his behavior and attitude. “Samson’s activity level is back to normal most days now,” stated Mike McClure, general curator at The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore. “We know from [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is pleased to announce the birth of black-and-white colobus monkey baby born in the Chimpanzee Forest on Tuesday, March 19. This is the second baby for The Maryland Zoo’s colobus pair, Keri, age 15 and Bisi, age 20. “Gonzo,” born in April 2012, was the first offspring [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD and SAN FRANCISCO, CA — Don Hutchinson, president and CEO of The Maryland Zoo and Tanya Peterson, executive director and president of the San Francisco Zoological Society spent some time talking about their respective teams before hammering out a fun bet on the outcome of Super Bowl XLVII. Last evening they exchanged their [...]
Read More »-Click here to share your memories of Alaska or leave farewell comments on the Alaska Wallwisher wall. -Click here to read personal thoughts and reflections from Alaska’s keepers. -Click to watch video of Alaska swimming in Polar Bear Watch. BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is saddened to announce the passing of beloved [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is pleased to announce that Kesi, a two-year-old reticulated giraffe (Giraffa camelopardalis), and Badu, a two-year-old African lioness (Panthera leo), have joined the Zoo. “We are very happy to welcome these two animals to our Zoo,” said Don Hutchinson, president/CEO of The Maryland Zoo. “Each will help [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is saddened to announce the death of Sam, a keel-billed toucan, one of the Zoo’s most well known Animal Ambassadors. Sam was humanely euthanized at the Zoo today after it was determined that his quality of life was becoming increasingly impaired by several medical issues. He was approximately [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is welcoming a new arrival – a female addra gazelle calf born on Saturday, June 9, 2012, just prior to midnight. The calf, named Sparrow, weighed 4.6kg (10 pounds) at birth, and is being reared by her mother, 10-year-old Pearl. “Pearl did not show interest in her [...]
Read More »BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is happy to announce the birth of an African pygmy goat kid. Born on Sunday, June 10 to the Zoo’s African pygmy goat pair Lex and Lois, Lana is the first kid to be born at the Zoo in many years. “Lex and Lois came to the [...]
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