"The fluffy new arrivals are all being looked after brilliantly by their parents." Zoo celebrates 'bumper year' for penguin ...

The African penguin chicks that hatched at the National Aviary have new names, and they're ready to join the colony.

Young penguins, also called nestlings, are completely dependent on their parents for a few months to over a year, depending on the species. After swallowing prey, along with some pebbles to digest ...

Emperor penguin chicks face a tough challenge at just six months old. Their parents leave them to fend for themselves, and the young penguins must find their way to the ocean and learn to swim.

Elmer and Lima, two male Humboldt penguins at Rosamond Gifford Zoo in Syracuse, New York, are now foster parents to a penguin chick. which hatched on New Year's Day.

The County Zoo asked people to vote online for one of three possible names for a new penguin chick. This choice won in a ...

Even after the egg hatches as the chick is born, the job of a macaroni penguin parent is not done. Male macaroni penguins care for their newly hatched chicks by themselves for the first several weeks.

Before hatching, both penguin parents took shifts to incubate their eggs - while one guarded the egg, the other would swim and gather food.

Penguin parents Pippa and Quince have raised three previous chicks — Paco, Rico, and Sammy Sammons — all of whom still live at the zoo. The chick hatched on March 30 ...

Before hatching, both penguin parents took shifts to incubate their eggs - while one guarded the egg, the other would swim and gather food.