I know the STL Zoo's penguin complex is very popular on this site but to be honest I rarely go in there as I find its too dark to get good photos. The outside exhibit with the Humboldts, however, is one of my favorite exhibits to photograph.
Today, I randomly stumbled on this article, which explained that the African Penguin may be extinct in the wild in as soon as 3 years. This is admittedly the low end of the estimated time range for when they will go extinct, but the fact was still really shocking to me. I had no clue that the...
I was thinking about it, and of the 17 or so species of penguin, seaworld San Diego has 6 and San Diego zoo also has one more. Is San Diego the best city in the world for seeing penguins?
(To clarify: Best city in this instance would mean the city that has the most species of penguins, but feel...
Currently:
* Humboldt penguin (Spheniscus humboldti) - Pingoo Restaurant, Ocean Dream Samudra, Taman Safari Bogor, Taman Safari Prigen, and Eco Green Park
* African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) - Gembira Loka Zoo
* Greater rhea (Rhea americana) - Lembang Park and Zoo, and Eco Green Park
*...
This is definitely newsworthy: Guadalajara Zoo in Mexico welcomed two adelie penguin chicks last December that've made their public debut:Mexican zoo debuts Adelie penguin chicks hatched after re-creating Antarctic habitat | The Japan Times
Yeah, so apparently you'll be able to ice skate with Humboldt's penguins at a London ice rink on the 19th of January! Any takers?
You'll soon be able to ice-skate with real penguins in London, and PETA isn't happy | Metro News
Hey so I think this goes in the general zoo discussion. But I am so excited cause Turtle Back Zoo, which is the zoo I go to ALL the time is expanding their African Penguin exhibit and they are also going to include in the exhibit according to articles I read, Zebra Sharks, and Small Monkeys...