PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A tiny Humboldt penguin chick came out of its shell recently at the Oregon Zoo. “The little beak came out first,” said Marcus Jason, who oversees the zoo’s penguin habitat.

For four years, keepers at Birdland Park and Gardens waited patiently for Maggie, their prized female king penguin, to lay an egg. She kept flirting with the male penguins. There was even mating, ...

A pair of gay penguins in Germany who tried earnestly to hatch a stone now have the chance to become real parents. Staff at Berlin Zoo recently presented the amorous male couple with an egg, which ...

King Penguins – Photo: Michal Mrozek, via Unsplash Subscribe free to Metro Weekly’s digital magazine for the stories that matter most. Zookeepers at the Birdland Park and Gardens in ...

After fruitless attempts to hatch stones and fish, a gay penguin couple at a German zoo may finally be able to parent a chick of their own.Zoo Berlin officials announced that two of its male king ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (PORTLAND TRIBUNE) — The Oregon Zoo welcomed its newest Humboldt penguin on March 4, when a tiny chick — small enough to fit in the palm of your hand — emerged from its shell. “The ...

Electra and Violet are new moms to an adopted chick. The same-sex Gentoo penguin couple lives at the Valencia Aquarium in Spain. In a social media post, the facility says “Although same-sex couples ...

July 3 (UPI) --The Tennessee Aquarium announced the hatching of an "impossibly cute" macaroni penguin chick at the Penguins' Rock gallery. The aquarium said the chick's parents, Bacon and Merlin, ...