BALTIMORE — Two penguin chicks just hatched at the Maryland Zoo, announced zoo officials today.
Baltimore boasts North America's largest population of African penguins - which are critically endangered and are likely to become extinct in the wild in the next decade, said the zoo in a press release.
More than 1,000 chicks have hatched at the Maryland Zoo over the past 50 years.
The zoo's bird curator, Jen Kottyan, said:
The size of the wild population is dropping which means every chick we add is an important part of this species’ global survival.
