The African penguin chicks that hatched at the National Aviary have new names, and they're ready to join the colony.

Brooding chicks refers to the period immediately after hatching where young chicks, unable to regulate their body temperature, are provided with supplemental heat and care to ensure their survival ...

All the queens were seen to survive even after eating infected larvae. The researchers suggest this may be due to the queen ...

Once the chicks hatch, they move from the incubator to a brooding pen where they remain until they are able to regulate their body temperatures, according to Julie Scism, education program ...

When a penguin colony loses its ice too early, adult birds survive—yet chicks can float away from the colony as the ice breaks up or find themselves in the frigid water.

Brooding is all about building the foundation for a broiler’s life, according to Brendan Graaf, broiler specialist for Cobb-Vantress. “Chicks go through a ...

Peter and his colleagues discovered that for three years the colony had failed to raise any chicks. Baby penguins need to live on sea ice until they are strong enough to survive in open water.

The Loveland Living Planet Aquarium in Draper released a video of their penguin chicks, Bentley and Aurora, joining the colony on Thursday, Nov. 7. The video shows the chicks getting used to using ...

Learn how to build a colony chicken coop for limited space in the backyard, including diagrams, instructions, and photographs.

Consistent with the colony spawning theory, nests located closer to other nests with active guarding males experienced reduced brood predation and increased predator arrival time following male ...

Due to the critical importance of each and every hatching for this endangered species, the chick is being raised by Patrick and Owen’s colony mates, Sidney and Bette.

Peter and his colleagues discovered that for three years the colony had failed to raise any chicks. Baby penguins need to live on sea ice until they are strong enough to survive in open water.