On March 13, the newly renovated Bird House’s doors will flap open, welcoming guests with a chorus of chirps, tweets and quacks. Yes, quacks! Get to know the 11 lucky duck species in the Bird House from animal keeper Jen Ferraro.
Please note, except for the Black-bellied whistling
In a major conservation success, 10 oriole chicks hatched at the Bird House, and the Zoo is seeking the public’s help to name them.
research university, located in Baltimore (Moore’s alma matter
Learn more about the long-billed curlew, North America’s largest shorebird.
Long-billed Curlew Species Profiles Black-bellied
Cattle are important domesticated animals that provide meat and milk. Kids‘ Farm is home to a polled Hereford heifer named Rose and a Holstein heifer named Magnolia.
of hay or roughage (80 to 90 percent of total dry matter
Brush-tailed bettongs, also called brush-tailed rat kangaroos and woylies, are small, critically endangered, bipedal marsupials native to Australia. They have prehensile tails and are impressive diggers.
species‘ more noticeable features is a characteristic black
Migratory shorebird study at North Padre Island, Texas; a major stop-over and winter destination for many, many birds.
would learn an enormous amount about their secret lives
The Home’s hinge-back tortoise is a small tortoise found throughout the coastal regions of the Gulf of Guinea in Western Africa. Its distinct shell angles down at the back.
plastron, or the bottom of the shell, is yellow with black
Intelligent, social, hardy animals, donkeys have been domesticated for their milk, strength and companionship for more than 6,000 years.
flat-surfaced teeth adapted for tearing and chewing plant matter
Pollination study in southern Costa Rica on a coffee farm.
The camera traps are infrared so they can take black
An unseasonably strong storm in fall 2022 stirred up some romance between two Panamanian golden frogs. Now, Reptile Discovery Center keepers are caring for more than 400 of the couple’s golden-hued hatchlings!
When they first morph out, they’re dark, mostly black
