Sphen the gentoo penguin — one half of a world-famous gay penguin couple — has died at 11 of natural causes. Sphen and his 8-year-old partner Magic, who hail from Sydney’s Sea Life Aquarium first ...

It was a life well sphent. A Gentoo penguin who found international stardom after entering a same-sex relationship with another male of the species has died at Australia’s Sea Life Aquarium. Sphen was ...

Sphen, an Australian gentoo penguin who became an unlikely global symbol for equality, has died from apparent natural causes at age 11, the aquarium in Sydney where he resided said Thursday.Sphen rose ...

They were the penguin power couple, a world-famous same-sex pairing whose love was taught about in schools and inspired a pride parade float. Now Magic, mourning Sphen's death, has led their community ...

“You will never get to see anything like this again,” explained Renee Howell, a penguin keeper at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium. The statement followed a heartbreaking scene that took place in the ...