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Name the Baby Chimp
We need your help to name a very special new member of the chimpanzee troop! The little one was born in August at the Oklahoma City Zoo and is being hand-raised at the ...
It’s a Boy! Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Addition to Kudu Herd
BALTIMORE, MD -- The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is welcoming a male lesser kudu calf, born on Monday, October 5, 2020 in the late afternoon. The birth is the result of a ...
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore Provides New Home for Infant Chimpanzee
BALTIMORE, MD – A baby female chimpanzee born at the Oklahoma City Zoo on August 28, 2020, has moved to The Maryland Zoo to be hand-reared and paired with a surrogate chimp ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes First Penguin Chicks of the Breeding Season
BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is excited to announce the hatching of three African penguin chicks – the first to hatch during the 2020-2021 breeding season at ...
Maryland Zoo and Weis Markets Present Zoo Lights!
BALTIMORE, MD – This year The Maryland Zoo will light up the town with a colorful evening display of holiday Zoo Lights from Friday, November 20, 2020, through Sunday, January 3, ...
Leopard Habitat Renovation
You may have spotted some changes to the leopard habitat—Amur leopard Sofiya is currently off-exhibit while her space gets a purrrrfectly wonderful renovation! Enhancements to ...
Trucks For Tots Coming to the Maryland Zoo
-- Presented by Chase -- BALTIMORE, MD – On October 11, The Maryland Zoo will once again play host to a variety of “beasts of burden” better known as big trucks! ...
Maryland Zoo Celebrates 37th Annual ZooBOOO!
-- Presented by Chase -- BALTIMORE, MD – For the 37th year, the Maryland Zoo brings growls and ghouls together at ZooBOOO! presented by Chase. ZooBOOO! will take place on ...
Stubby the Rhino Leaving the Maryland Zoo
BALTIMORE, MD – On September 28, 2020, Stubby, the Maryland Zoo’s 27-year-old southern white rhinoceros, will be moving from Baltimore to a private facility accredited by the ...
Maryland Zoo Mourning Sitatunga Hurley
BALTIMORE -- The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is saddened to announce the death of Hurley, the Zoo’s 13-year-old male sitatunga. Hurley, currently the only male sitatunga in the ...