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June 9, 2025
Rock and Roar with the Maryland Zoo at Hunt Valley Fundraiser

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Zoo will be getting wild during a family charity event at the BC Brewery in Hunt Valley. Get ready to Rock & Roar at this popular Craft Brewery and ...

June 3, 2025
Baltimore Cultural Organizations Celebrate World Environment Day with Visitor Incentives

Discounts offered in exchange for protecting the environment   BALTIMORE, MD – The Baltimore Museum of Art (BMA), B&O Railroad Museum, Everyman Theatre, Maryland ...

May 29, 2025
Maryland Zoo Breaks Ground on Red Panda Habitat

The key to Maryland Zoo’s future is rooted in its nearly 150 year-old past   BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Zoo today broke ground on an exhibit for red panda - the first of ...

Crowd of guests watching the music stage at Brew at the Zoo event
May 20, 2025
Brew at the Zoo Presented by M&T Bank Returns Memorial Day Weekend, May 24 & 25

Baltimore’s biggest craft beer festival features unlimited sampling, live music, local food; all proceeds support the Maryland Zoo’s animal care and conservation ...

Prairie Dog with Pup.
May 11, 2025
Prairie Dog Pups Pop Up at the Maryland Zoo Just in Time For Mother’s Day

BALTIMORE, MD – New babies are emerging in Prairie Dog Town, the Maryland Zoo’s busy prairie dog colony. Tiny black-tailed prairie dog pups (Cynomys ludovicianus) began popping ...

Maryland Zoo staff working on the beach they release rescued African penguins with SANCCOB
May 7, 2025
Maryland Zoo Staff Assist Efforts at SANCCOB

Last month, Zoo staff Jenny and Sarah traveled to South Africa to assist our conservation partners at SANCCOB—the Southern African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal ...

Giraffe Calf Titali
May 1, 2025
The Maryland Zoo Announces Name of Baby Giraffe

BALTIMORE, MD – The public has spoken and the results of the naming contest for Maryland Zoo’s baby giraffe are in. The winning name is… Titali, which means butterfly in the ...

Blue duiker calf
Apr. 28, 2025
The Maryland Zoo Announces Birth of Male Blue Duiker Calf

BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is pleased to announce the birth of a male blue duiker (DIKE-er). He was born April 2nd to Flower (female) and Kuruka (male). The ...

Sifaka baby with keeper
Apr. 24, 2025
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Lemur Baby

BALTIMORE, MD – Maryland Zoo today announced the birth of a Coquerel’s sifaka (Propithecus coquereli). This marks the first birth of a sifaka at the Zoo since the endangered ...

Close up of giraffe calf inside Giraffe House
Apr. 11, 2025
Giraffe Calf Naming Contest

In case you haven't heard, our herd just got a little bigger (and taller)—we recently welcomed a new giraffe calf to the Zoo! Born in the early morning hours of March 27 ...