The Humboldt penguin chick hatched at the zoo on Dec. 15 with a weight of 72 grams and is the second baby of penguins Sharkbait and John Henry. Both the gender and name of the chick will be ...
Humboldt penguins are considered a vulnerable species, the zoo said, and face extinction in the wild. The zoo said it is part of a conservation effort to breed genetically diverse penguins. The zoo ...
The chick’s sex is still unknown, but the zoo has been able to mark significant growth. At birth, the baby penguin weighed just 72 grams, or 0.15 pounds. As of Jan. 13, it weighed over 2.5 ...