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The Year in Review — 2022 Highlights
With 2022 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 ...
Maryland Zoo Announces Penguin Chick Name
The public voted to name an endangered African penguin chick, and the winner is… BALTIMORE, MD – Each season, the Maryland Zoo asks the public to help name one of its ...
2023 Member Mornings
It’s a special benefit for Zoo Members like you! Join us at the Zoo for Member Mornings in 2023. It’s your chance to arrive early and start your visit with free rides until ...
This is the Last Week to See the Award-Winning Dinosaurs Exhibit
- These life-sized, animatronic dinos will go extinct on December 4th - Baltimore, Maryland - This is the last week to experience the award-winning DINOSAURS exhibit at the ...
Maryland Zoo is Raising, or “Headstarting,” Wood Turtles to Release into the Wild
The program aims to bolster a native turtle population decimated by poaching and habitat loss. BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is raising wood turtles that, ...
Grizzly Bear Hibernation Updates
Grizzly bears are seasonally active, awake for part of the year and asleep for part of the year. To conserve energy, they hibernate during the winter months. They put on massive ...
African Penguin Chicks & The Chance to Name One!
It's the most wonderful time of the year, and we're not talking about the holidays—it's African penguin breeding season! We've already had four tiny, fluffy, endangered ...
Zoo Lights, a Holiday Spectacular presented by Chase, Returns to the Maryland Zoo
Visitors will get a warm, glowing feeling as they walk through a one-of-a-kind light show knowing that all proceeds benefit the Zoo’s animal care and conservation ...
Annual Halloween Celebration, Zoo BOO! presented by Chase, Returns to the Zoo
Families can celebrate Halloween and the fall season; new this year, kids can check out BGE’s massive, electric trucks and meet a renowned dinosaur expert BALTIMORE, MD – ...
Journal: Dolphin Rescue in Bolivia
The endangered Bolivian river dolphin, Inia boliviensis, faces a number of natural and man-made threats to its very existence. This past August, Dr. Ellen Bronson, the Zoo's Sr ...