Being the oldest African penguin in the world has its privileges. When ET, who lives at Virginia’s Metro Richmond Zoo, turned 43 last month, she took a dip in her private pool and ate a slice of ...

The aquarium shares its 39 African penguins’ genetic data — and sometimes actual penguins for breeding — with other zoos and aquariums to ensure a healthy gene pool.

As temperatures soar in El Paso, the Zoo explained it's implementing creative strategies to ensure the animals stay chill.

The program aims to preserve the African penguin’s genetic pool by pairing penguins in captivity for breeding. The wild population, native to the coasts of South Africa and Namibia, has declined ...

New England Aquarium welcomes two African penguins 00:25. BOSTON -- Two new African penguins have joined the rest of the penguin colony at the New England Aquarium in Boston following months of ...

Being the oldest African penguin in the world has its privileges. When ET, who lives at Virginia’s Metro Richmond Zoo, turned 43 last month, she took a dip in her private pool and ate her ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia says the oldest African penguin in the world has died. ... The team said she always loved to swim and was seen in her pool the day before she died.

RICHMOND, Va. (WWBT/Gray News) - A zoo in Virginia says the oldest African penguin in the world has died. According to the Metro Richmond Zoo, the animal named ET died peacefully last Saturday ...

Zoo New England broke ground on its African Penguin Coast project, an expansion to the Franklin Park Zoo’s African Experience exhibit, which will open to the public in 2026.

The program aims to preserve the African penguin’s genetic pool by pairing penguins in captivity for breeding. The wild population, native to the coasts of South Africa and Namibia, has declined ...