SEA LIFE Kelly Tarlton's Aquarium in Auckland is buzzing with excitement after three gentoo penguin chicks joined the colony. The chicks are part of the aquarium's long-term breeding program.

The composition of gentoo penguin diets was variable from year to year, with krill the dominant food in 10 years of the study and fish in 12 years. Successful breeding (the number of chicks ...

The parents then incubate the eggs, which hatch after around 36 days. After the chicks are born ... don't feed them properly. Gentoo penguins are the third largest penguin in the world.