Humboldt penguins are considered a vulnerable species, the zoo said, and face extinction in the wild. The zoo said it is part ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – The Lincoln Children’s Zoo announced the hatching of a Humboldt penguin chick on Wednesday. The chick is the offspring of mom, Sharkbait, and dad, John Henry. It hatched on Dec.

Despite the 1-month-old’s urge to explore, the parent penguins have kept guard of the chick and fed it by “regurgitating partially digested food into the chick’s mouth,” the zoo said.