Chicago's Shedd Aquarium has welcomed the first southern rockhopper penguin chick to join its colony in eight years. Skip to main content. Open Main Menu Navigation.

Shedd Aquarium has named its two newest rockhopper penguins, Pico and Douglas, nods to their South American roots and the Falkland Islands’ penguin population, respectively.

The Shedd Aquarium's newest rockhopper penguin chick has taken its first swim with the full penguin colony, and cameras were there to capture the milestone. 24/7 Live Chicago & Suburban Cook Co ...

The rockhopper chick is the second penguin chick to hatch at the New England Aquarium this year. "Bray," an African penguin , hatched on March 23. African penguins are an endangered species.

The docuseries “Secrets of the Penguins” by National Geographic captured footage of several rare penguin chicks for the very first time. Their parents are a mixed-species couple: a rockhopper ...

National Geographic's upcoming docuseries, 'Secrets of the Penguins,' captured a shocking encounter between a mother rockhopper penguin and giant, hungry sea lion, and PEOPLE has a first look at ...

The newest member of Shedd Aquarium's penguin population, a southern rockhopper chick who hatched on June 16, is weighed during a daily wellness exam, Thursday, July 13, 2023, in Chicago.

CHICAGO — It's bright and early at the Shedd Aquarium and the penguin population's newest member is ready for a wellness check. A fuzzy brown southern rockhopper chick is gently plopped onto a ...