Humboldt Penguins

Mumbai's Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, popularly known as Byculla Zoo, has christened three Humboldt penguins born at the facility in the last seven months, an official said today.

The Humboldt Penguin, which was hatched at the Mumbai zoo earlier this month, has died, zoo officials said.

Nature lovers were thrilled as India''s first Humboldt Penguin chick was hatched at the Mumbai Zoo, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officially announced here on Thursday.

Two years after seven Humboldt penguins made the Byculla Zoo here their home, a four-and-a-half-year old female among them has laid an egg.

Spruce is an athletic male, a swimmer and an adventurer. He is also a one-year-old Humboldt penguin looking for love. Resident of the Weymouth Sea Life adventure park in UK, Spruce dived into the online dating world with a profile on dating website 'Plenty of Fish' to find a life partner.

The wait is over. Starting today, Mumbaikars can head to the Byculla Zoo to catch a glimpse of the newest members there - 7 Humboldt penguins flown in from South Korea's Coex Aquarium in Seoul. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and the Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar inaugurated a newly-built, exclusive enclosure for penguins at the civic-ru...

Following the recent death of an 18-month-old Humboldt penguin in Mumbai zoo, the civic body has forfeited Rs 1.40 crore deposit of the contractor responsible for construction of the bird's enclosure.

A day after a female Humboldt Penguin, a prized new possession of Mumbai Zoo, died following an infection, a political row erupted here on Monday questioning the wisdom of keeping the endangered species in the harsh tropical climate of the metropolis.

A female humboldt penguin on Sunday died at the city zoo, barely three months after it was procured along with seven others from an aquarium in South Korea.

Mumbai's Byculla zoo have got some new residents -- eight penguins, which have come all the way from South Korea's Seoul.

A Japanese aquarium said today it had hatched two Humboldt penguin chicks after using artificial insemination, the first time the technique has been successfully deployed for the vulnerable species.

Mumbai's Veermata Jijabai Bhosale Udyan, popularly known as Byculla Zoo, has christened three Humboldt penguins born at the facility in the last seven months, an official said today.

The Humboldt Penguin, which was hatched at the Mumbai zoo earlier this month, has died, zoo officials said.

Nature lovers were thrilled as India''s first Humboldt Penguin chick was hatched at the Mumbai Zoo, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officially announced here on Thursday.

Two years after seven Humboldt penguins made the Byculla Zoo here their home, a four-and-a-half-year old female among them has laid an egg.

Spruce is an athletic male, a swimmer and an adventurer. He is also a one-year-old Humboldt penguin looking for love. Resident of the Weymouth Sea Life adventure park in UK, Spruce dived into the online dating world with a profile on dating website 'Plenty of Fish' to find a life partner.

The wait is over. Starting today, Mumbaikars can head to the Byculla Zoo to catch a glimpse of the newest members there - 7 Humboldt penguins flown in from South Korea's Coex Aquarium in Seoul. Shiv Sena president Uddhav Thackeray and the Mumbai Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar inaugurated a newly-built, exclusive enclosure for penguins at the civic-ru...

Following the recent death of an 18-month-old Humboldt penguin in Mumbai zoo, the civic body has forfeited Rs 1.40 crore deposit of the contractor responsible for construction of the bird's enclosure.

A day after a female Humboldt Penguin, a prized new possession of Mumbai Zoo, died following an infection, a political row erupted here on Monday questioning the wisdom of keeping the endangered species in the harsh tropical climate of the metropolis.

A female humboldt penguin on Sunday died at the city zoo, barely three months after it was procured along with seven others from an aquarium in South Korea.

Mumbai's Byculla zoo have got some new residents -- eight penguins, which have come all the way from South Korea's Seoul.

A Japanese aquarium said today it had hatched two Humboldt penguin chicks after using artificial insemination, the first time the technique has been successfully deployed for the vulnerable species.