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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 ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes Amur Leopard
The Maryland Zoo is proud to announce the addition of an endangered Amur leopard. Sofiya is a 6-year-old female who was born at the St Louis Zoological Park, in Missouri. Over the ...
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 ...
Rehabilitated Snowy Owl Released
http://youtu.be/281_5GqDLlI Yesterday afternoon, wildlife experts from DNR, The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, and Tri-State Bird Rescue and Research released a rehabilitated ...
New Zoo Conservation Partner: Seafood Watch
The Maryland Zoo is pleased to announce its new conservation partner: The Monterey Bay Aquarium and their Seafood Watch program. The program aims to help consumers and ...
Name the Penguin Chicks
The Zoo needs your help to name some very special new members of our animal family. Two penguin chicks, both female, hatched in early October — the first to be hatched at ...
Discount for Zoo Members: “Island of Lemurs”
The Maryland Science Center’s IMAX Theater is now showing the eye-opening documentary “Island of Lemurs: Madagascar 3D.” The documentary explores the vivid and ...
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 ...
Some Changes for the Fall and Winter
As we continue through the fall and get closer to the winter, the Zoo will be making some changes to prepare for the cold weather. Some animals will be moved indoors, while others ...
Polar Bear Week
Starting Sunday, November 2nd it’s Polar Bear Week. The event coincides with the bears’ annual migration to Churchill, Manitoba, where the Hudson Bay freezes and allows them to ...