The Giraffe House is currently closed for Kipi and her calf.
Maryland Zoo Unveils New Virtual Reality Experience
BALTIMORE, MD – The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore today unveiled a new virtual reality experience called Wildlife Quest. Wildlife Quest pairs VR headsets with high-tech motion seats in an outdoor theater that transports Zoo guests into a 360-degree virtual reality to get up close to actual animals living in the wild. “Maryland Zoo is an immersive ...
Reticulated Giraffe
Giraffes live in eastern, central and southern Africa. They range across savannah, grasslands, and open woods in search of trees – especially their favorite, acacias – to feed upon. The Maryland Zoo has several reticulated giraffes, one of nine recognized subspecies of giraffe. Giraffes travel in loose, informal herds and are not territorial ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Addition to Sitatunga Herd
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is welcoming its newest baby, a male sitatunga calf born on Sunday, September 10, 2017. The calf, which has been named Marcus, was born to four-year-old Mousse and sired by one-year-old Chopper. He currently weighs seventeen pounds and is quite healthy. “The baby is nursing well, and Mousse has been very attentive to his ...
Blue Duiker
Blue duikers live throughout central, eastern, and southern Africa. They inhabit a wide variety of forest and woodlands, including lowland rainforest, gallery forest, coastal scrub farmland, dense thicket, and montane forest. Blue duikers are forest antelope that spend most of their time foraging for fruit and other plant materials to eat. They are most ...
Eastern or Red-spotted Newt
Eastern or red-spotted newts live in forested parts of eastern North America, in or near swamps, streams, ponds, and small pools of fresh water. At the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore, visitors can see eastern newts in the Cave exhibit of the Maryland Wilderness. Eastern newts are most active during the warmer months of the year, and are often found ...
Caribbean Flamingo
Caribbean flamingos are found on the north coast of South America, the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico, and on several Caribbean islands. A small, isolated population also inhabits the Galapagos Islands. You can see the Flamingos in the African Journey, near the Penguin Coast exhibit. Caribbean flamingos are highly social birds that communicate vocally ...
Raven
Ravens live throughout the world. They are one of the most widespread species on earth, living throughout North America and Eurasia, as far north as the Arctic and as far south as Central America and northern Africa. They occupy many types of habitat, including tundra, forest, desert, tropics, and mountains. The Maryland Zoo’s Animal Embassy houses ...
Leopard Tortoise
Leopard tortoises are native to the dry savannahs of central and southern Africa. They belong to the family of “land tortoises” known as Testudinae. Africa supports more species of land tortoise than anywhere else. The Maryland Zoo has leopard tortoises on exhibit in its African Journey portion of the Zoo. Leopard tortoises are well adapted to ...
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 Zookeepers looking after the little calf are deciding on its name. The birth was a result of a breeding recommendation from the Blue Duiker Species Survival Plan (SSP) coordinated ...
The Year in Review: 2024
With 2025 knocking on the door, 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 you all the best 2025 has to offer. Now it’s time to take a look back at some of the moments this year brought. Opossum Sisters Moose and Salmon Kicking off the ...
Timber Rattlesnake
Timber rattlesnakes are native to the eastern United States and are found in thick brush and dense woodlands. In the northern parts of their range, they live mostly in rocky, hilly, forested terrain. In the southern parts of their range, they are found in swampy areas. Timber rattlesnakes are one of two venomous snakes native to Maryland, and may ...
Maryland Zoo Welcomes New Additions to Sitatunga Herd
The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore is welcoming two female sitatunga calves to its’ growing herd. The calves were born on Monday, October 9, and Monday, October 16, 2017. “Ruby” was born on October 9 to three-year-old Remy and sired by one-year-old Chopper, while “Peggy,” born on October 16, is the offspring of seven-year-old Lela and nine-year-old ...