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Birch Aquarium hatched its first Little Blue Penguin chick, a milestone in breeding the world’s smallest penguin species in captivity.
Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography celebrated the successful rearing of its first Little Blue Penguin chick, born and raised by its parents in the facility’s new Beyster Family habitat.
The milestone, achieved on February 4, 2026, marks the first time the world’s smallest penguin species has been bred this way at the aquarium.
A young penguin pair, selected for breeding potential, incubated and raised one of two eggs laid.
The chick, now several months old, has joined the colony and is learning vital skills like swimming and socializing.
The 2,900-square-foot exhibit, the aquarium’s first seabird display, brings these under-a-foot-tall penguins to the West Coast for the first time and includes individuals from five institutions.
Birch Aquarium eclosionó su primer polluelo de pingüino azul, un hito en la cría de la especie de pingüino más pequeño del mundo en cautiverio.