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Zoo hunts for escaped penguin

The hunt is on for a penguin that scaled a sheer rock face to escape from a Tokyo zoo, and was last seen swimming in a river in the Japanese capital. The one-year-old Humboldt penguin was snapped bathing in the mouth of the Old Edogawa ri [...]

Posted On : Mar, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Canada zoo splits same-sex penguin pair

It appears a female has come between a celebrity same-sex couple in Canada. Toronto's zoo split up a pair of male penguins whose affection for each other drew headlines last month and jokes about "Brokeback Iceberg." The zoo [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Toronto Zoo to separate 'same-sex' penguins

Canada's newest celebrity couple is headed for a breakup and the Internet is all abuzz. It seems everybody wants to know what the real story is between Pedro and Buddy, the Toronto Zoo's same-sex penguin sweethearts. The two [...]

Posted On : Nov, 10 2011 | Comments : 0

Five SF Zoo Penguin Chicks To Graduate From Fish School Toda...

Five penguin chicks have graduated from "fish school" and are returning to the San Francisco Zoo's Penguin Island this morning for a graduation march--or waddle. The Magellanic penguins were hatched on Penguin Island in [...]

Posted On : Jul, 31 2011 | Comments : 0

Zoo wants penguin released into the Southern Ocean

The bird became ill after eating sticks and sand since arriving from Antarctica. It turned up on Peka Peka beach on the Kapiti Coast last week, thousands of kilometres from its home. It has since undergone three operations at Wellington [...]

Posted On : Jun, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

Lost Penguin Recovering From Third Medical Procedure to Flus...

With a third medical procedure under its, er, flipper, the emperor penguin that found itself on the sandy beaches of New Zealand last week, thousands of miles from its snowy home in Antarctica, is now recovering at the Wellington Zoo. [...]

Posted On : Jun, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Maryland Zoo Penguins Will Wear Their Formal

Baltimore, MD - We are happy to announce that the Zoo will open on Saturday, March 13 at 10:00 am for the 2010 season. A Grand Opening Weekend celebration is planned for Saturday and Sunday, March 13 and 14 when all admission prices will [...]

Posted On : Mar, 03 2010 | Comments : 0

Philadelphia Zoo in Peru Protects the Endangered Humboldt Pe...

According to the conservationists’ estimate some 50,000 Humboldt penguins survive in the wild, where fishermen and others working in this coastal area are continuously killing them. Penguins get caught in fishing nets and drown, and l [...]