The penguin chick hatched on Sep. 12 and has been gaining a healthy rate of body fat. SeaWorld currently has approximately 300 penguins that range between six different species.

Emperor penguin chicks face a tough challenge at just six months old. Their parents leave them to fend for themselves, and the young penguins must find their way to the ocean and learn to swim. After ...

Brackett said that emperor penguin eggs take between 65 and 72 days to hatch. The chick's parents chose not to incubate the egg, so a specialist team at SeaWorld kept it warm until she made her debut.

emperor penguin is hatched at seaworld san diego, the first in more than a decade The molting process takes up a lot of energy, so King Penguin chicks rely on stored fat and often lose weight ...

The chick was hatched Sept. 12, marking a rare event not just for SeaWorld but also the world at large due to emperor penguins' status as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act.

SeaWorld San Diego is enlisting the public's help in naming its newest emperor penguin, a female chick hatched on Sept. 12. The poll closes on October 31.

During this time, the female feeds in the sea and the male fasts and survives on fat storage. After the penguin is born, both parents participate in chick rearing, sharing the responsibilities of ...

More than 9,000 emperor penguin chicks were probably killed as ice broke up early in Antarctica last year, in what scientists called a “catastrophic breeding failure.” A study, published ...

SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CNS) -- The first emperor penguin chick hatched at SeaWorld San Diego since 2010 is set to make its first appearance soon to the general public, it was announced Wednesday.

Emperor penguin chicks face a tough challenge at just six months old. Their parents leave them to fend for themselves, and the young penguins must find their way to the ocean and learn to swim.