Child's Play: What’s new at the Maryland Zoo

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has a few recent additions to the zoo that visitors can seek out this summer.

Giraffe House keepers welcomed a Kirk’s dik-dik calf on May 24. Kirk’s dik-dik are tiny antelope found mainly in eastern Africa.

Female Gwen had delivered the 639 gram (1.4 pound) female calf overnight. The baby has been named Maddie, short for Madoqua which is the genus name of the species, madoqua kirkii. Maddie and mom Gwen are in the exhibit next to the warthog. You will have to be very quiet and look closely as dik-dik are not only small, but shy as well.

The male African-crested porcupine was moved indoors to...