🎥 Our African penguin chicks, Ember and Echo, have reached some exciting milestones over the past two months! 🐧✨ Since hatching in February, they’ve experienced their first feedings, steps, and adorable family moments. African penguin parents display a high level of parental care, and this is clearly visible in their behaviour! 🌟 Watch our new parents groom, "hug", and snuggle their offspring to keep them clean and warm. The babies also follow their parents around the beach, learning as they

We’re excited to share that there's a fluffy new addition to our African penguin flock! 🐧 On November 10, parents Wesson and Sinclair welcomed their first chick into the world! This hatching marks a lot of fun “firsts” to celebrate; first African penguin chick hatched at the Zoo in three years, first penguin chick in our new Pinnacol African Penguin Point habitat and first chick for breeding pair Wesson and Sinclair! Keepers noticed that this egg was extremely small compared to normal penguin e

The Detroit Zoo's Polk Penguin Conservation Center redefines “state of the art” for captive penguin habitats. While providing a spectacular visitor experience, the animal habitat itself ensures an optimal environment for the welfare of the penguins. The environment is designed to encourage wild behavior, from diving and porpoising to nesting and rearing young. | Detroit Zoo

🐧 Africa’s only penguin is in peril. African Penguins, the only penguin species native to the southern coast of Africa, are on the brink of extinction. 💔 In just 100 years, their numbers have plummeted from over 1.5 million to fewer than 10,000 breeding pairs today. Their biggest threats are human-made: overfishing and marine pollution. The Two Oceans Aquarium hosts a wonderful penguin conservation program, playing a crucial role in protecting the species. However, Shanet Rutgers, Head Penguin