The zoo also recently announced on social media the hatching of new baby seahorses and updates on two Asian elephants.

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

Six African Penguins at the New England Aquarium in Boston have made a new home on an island designed to address the aches ...

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Scientifically speaking, birds share some brain functions with humans. The part of the brain that processes grief has the ...

African penguins at the New England Aquarium will live well into their golden years on a new, private island specifically ...

What's different about the new penguin exhibit? Aquarium staff decided to separate one island from the main penguin colony ...

The new private island, separate from the main penguin colony, so far accommodates six aging African penguins, who range in ...

The African penguin population has plummeted astronomically thanks to overfishing, climate change and other threats ...

Some of the penguins at the aquarium are in their 30s, which is double the normal life expectancy of African penguins in the wild.