The New England Aquarium in Boston has opened a new private island for their elderly African penguins, where they can eat and ...

The new private island, separate from the main penguin colony, so far accommodates six aging African penguins, who range in ...

The geriatric penguins will enjoy peace and quiet on their own private island. The post New England Aquarium builds ...

Geriatric African penguins don’t have to worry about younger birds bombarding the buckets of fish delivered by trainers at ...

In January, the Mississippi Aquarium welcomed two tiny critically endangered penguin hatchlings — the first penguins born in ...

African penguins are an endangered species with a life expectancy of 10 – 15 years in the wild. Penguins in the care of the ...

Penguins now have a place to go as they get older. More than half of the New England Aquarium’s African penguin colony has met or surpassed their typical life expectancy of 10–15 years in the ...

The New England Aquarium in Boston expanded its penguin exhibit to better observe their "geriatric penguin" population. African penguins typically live between 10 and 15 years in the wild.

Image About half of the New England Aquarium’s 40 African penguins are older than the bird’s life expectancy of 10 to 15 years, and some have doubled it. The penguins are able to live so much ...

Penguins now have a place to go as they get older. More than half of the New England Aquarium’s African penguin colony has ...