Gentoo pair Muffin and Mittens also welcomed twins. The zoo looks after three species of the seabirds, including king penguins, which have not yet hatched. More than 100 penguins live at the zoo.

The only other place in Britain that is home to king penguins – the second-largest type of penguin – is Edinburgh Zoo, where there are five males. King penguins are native to the Southern ...

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Every winter a zoo in northern Japan sends its king penguins out of the grounds each day for some exercise. The birds waddle a few hundred meters before returning to their enclosure. The event ...

Each of the zoo’s penguins has their own personality, Brown said, whether it’s the way they eat, or something more amusing, ...

Pesto, the beloved king penguin, is no longer a baby after celebrating his first birthday on Friday. WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE: Pesto the penguin turns one. To celebrate the chick’s special day, staff at ...

ROYAL OAK — Lauren Brown and Bonnie Van Dam occasionally forget how awesome their jobs really are. Perhaps that can be excused as Brown, a Detroit Zoo penguin keeper, and Van Dam, the zoo’s ...

At Asahiyama Zoo in Hokkaido, an event called the penguin walk takes place every winter. The resident king penguins go on a walkabout for about 30 minutes, delighting observers and enjoying some ...