Three elderly king penguins have been fitted with custom-made eye lenses during surgery to remove cataracts in what is believed to be a world first procedure to improve their sight, according to a ...

The zoo has a population of 24 king penguins: 13 males, nine females and the two chicks. As of June 2018, the North American population of king penguins was 283 individuals in 15 institutions.

ROYAL OAK, MI – A fluffy, four-month-old king penguin chick – that is already about the same size as its parents – was recently determined to be a male and given a name. The king chick ...

The King Penguin chick hatched at the Detroit Zoo on August 19, 2024. Since then, this big fluffy guy has been living at the zoo’s Polk Penguin Conservation Center.

King penguin foster parents, a 21-year-old male and a 7-year-old female named Gertie, are pictured with their new chick at the Detroit Zoo. Detroit Zoo ...

The Detroit Zoo's newest penguin is Atticus, a king penguin that hatched last August. He already weighs more than both of his parents at 35.42 pounds.

King penguin chick hatches at the Detroit Zoo. (Detroit Zoo) These king penguins blended and bonded during the July to September mating season but didn’t produce an egg of their own.

Hatching on 31 January 31, Pesto was the only king penguin chick to hatch at the aquarium this year and the first since 2022, a year when there were six. The reason why there was none last year ...

King penguin Atticus, born in August 2024, seen at the Detroit Zoo in spring 2025. “His parents had raised a chick before, so they had experience,” said Detroit Zoological Society (DZS) bird ...

In captivity, it's not uncommon for a king penguin to live past the age of 30.For more information on Penguin Days at the Cincinnati Zoo, click here. Penguins will again be on parade at the ...