Baltimore Zoo staff has been developing the vaccine since 1996 and continue to improve and administer it to penguins at risk. Creating The Bog, a unique habitat within the Zoo for breeding and raising bog turtles, one of the world's rarest turtles. Using transmitters and telemetry, staff compare data about the bog turtles in The Bog to data collected in the wild to improve The Bog and their efforts to protect the disappearing habitat of this tiny, endangered Maryland native. Overseeing the SSP for the captive population of African penguins, a vulnerable species that faces overfishing, oil spills, and other threats to its numbers. Zoo staff coordinates breeding efforts among North American zoos and aquariums to maintain genetic diversity.
Staff regularly travels to Africa to study and protect African penguins in the wild.
Most recently, The Baltimore Zoo's African penguin experts assisted with an oil spill clean-up off the coast of South Africa. Working with the Greater Baltimore Medical Center to plan for the future of endangered lion-tailed macaques. Zoo staff collect and preserve DNA samples and preserve embryos so that, as technology becomes available, diverse genes may be introduced into the species' population to ensure its survival. Caring for injured birds of prey in Maryland. Our rehabilitation program enables many injured raptors to be released back into the wild.