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First came love, then came nest-making, and now, after six months of feeling like they were missing something, two male penguins at Madrid's Faunia Park have filled the void – with an egg to call their own.
According to the U.K.'s Telegraph, the gentoo penguins, named Inca and Rayas, have been loyal partners, and it seems parenting has given them a sense of purpose.
"We wanted them to have something to stay together for, so we got an egg," says keeper Yolanda Martin. "Otherwise they might have become depressed."
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Nicki Minaj and the Pope have shared more than just a date at the Grammys.
Both the entertainer and the leader of the Catholic Church (Pope John Paul) have spent time with the stars of the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary in Queensland, Australia.
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These young giant pandas may be carefree and happy on their playground set, but what they don't know is that their species is endangered and relies on conservation efforts to survives.
The giant panda is one of many endangered species that we'd like to consider in honor of Endangered Species Day, which is today, May 18.
Click here to find out what you can do to help protect endangered wildlife in your area and around the world.
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Wee! No, really!
This 1-week-old Egyptian tortoise is so small, it's no bigger than a 20-pence piece – and that's smaller than a quarter! The tortoise is one of four that hatched at England's Marwell Wildlife, and they have already caused a stir with the visiting public.
"They are adorable, so cute and tiny," says keeper Kimberley Goodfield. "They've had a great response from visitors."
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Nicole Richie is going wild Down Under.
The star, who is in Sydney with husband Joel Madden, a judge on The Voice Australia, spent a family day at the Taronga Zoo with children Harlow, 4, and Sparrow, 2.
They met a friendly giraffe and took turns feeding the animal carrots by hand. Both young and old seemed thrilled by the encounter: The children were googly-eyed, while Richie looked awed as she took photos of the giraffe on her phone.
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How much does cuteness weigh?
This adorable jaguar cub – in spite of its outsize good looks – needed some help getting on the scale at the San Diego Zoo last week.
Just 12 days old, the young cat weighed 4.2 lbs. at its last check-in. The cub is one of two that were born at the zoo on April 27.
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Is it fun to stay at the Y-M-C-A – err, Hagenbeck Zoo? Sure looks like it!
A few of the German zoo's resident bears got their bodies moving on Tuesday, and looked a little like members of the Village People.
Whoever got to catch them mid-dance party must have seen quite a show!
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Less than two months after his birth, a pygmy hippo named after Prince Harry has died. The hippo, a resident of the Cango Wildlife Ranch in South Africa, had been undergoing surgery Wednesday morning to repair a hernia.
"Unfortunately at the conclusion of the operation, he went into respiratory arrest and ultimately heart failure," announced Tammy Moult, a spokesperson for the ranch, in a statement. "Despite repeated attempts to resuscitate him, Harry passed away on the operating table."
Since his arrival at the ranch on March 22, Harry had been cared for by trainer Toni Inggs, because he had been rejected by his mother. The calf was receiving round-the-clock care, including bottle feedings.
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Things are going swimmingly for Revenge costars Emily VanCamp and Josh Bowman!
While vacationing in Sydney, Australia, the on-and-offscreen couple cozied up to a famous resident of the city's Taronga Zoo.
"Meet Monroe the penguin!!" VanCamp Tweeted. The actress and Bowman also posed for a photo with Monroe, who happily worked his fins for the camera.
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Panda babies are always big news, but the Smithsonian's National Zoo is hoping that panda insemination will be, too.
The Washington, D.C., institution brought a live-Tweeter into the lab on Monday to document the artificial insemination of its female giant panda, Mei Xiang, who began her breeding period over the weekend.
Mei Xiang, 13, received her first artificial insemination on Sunday, but Monday's procedure got the play-by-play online. She is being inseminated with the preserved (frozen, then thawed) sperm collected from panda Tian Tian in 2005, which the zoo described as "'vintage' sperm" in a Tweet sent at 4:50 p.m. Monday.
Other gems from the zoo's feed? The sperm "had good mobility (lots of swimming)," and doctors are using a "total of 1.5 mL of sperm, or up to 800 million motile sperm in the sample!"
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