Hi,
I have been reading quite a bit recently about the new penguin enclosure at Sea World Florida that will try and perfectly reproduce the natural environment of the penguins.
It says it boasts a 20 ft high diving pool for the penguins to swim and dive in. I was wondering if this would...
Today is World Penguin Day and yet the event does not seem to be recieving the amount of attention it deserves. Penguins are popular with zoo visitors and penguins are in peril. There are falling populations caused by as yet not fully determined factors coupled with oil spills. The most recent...
The Little Rock Zoo is a small 33 acre zoo that is in need of serious help. It severely lacks funding and is the only zoo in the state of Arkansas. The zoo is trying to become a very professional zoo that places it's animals in exhibits that are made to look like their native environment like...
Hello! I have long wondered Which penguin enclosure is the best? I've seen several really bad penguin pools here on ZooChat, but not so many great. Which penguin enclosure do you think is the best? Of course, it may be differences between different enclosures because there are different species...
In September, Laurie Macha, supervisor of pinnipeds and penguins at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration, traveled to South Africa to join a penguin research team through EarthWatch Worldwide. On March 26, from 7 to 8:30, guests will experience Macha’s South African adventures during a...
New African penguin chicks just hatched at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration! Starting today, people around the world can watch them grow into full fledglings on a live Web cam at Mystic Aquarium & Institute for Exploration.
The chicks are nesting in an area of the Roger Tory...
The indoor antarctic enclosure for penguins at Odense Zoo's South American theme: Oceanium. The temperature in here is constantly kept at 3 degrees celcius. Here lives king penguins, gentoo penguins and rockhopper penguins.
July 2008