The 12-year-old gentoo penguin died in early August, leaving behind his partner Magic, according to the SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

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For six years, Sphen and Magic were devoted partners, adoptive parents and queer icons. After Sphen died this month at age 11, Magic began singing. By Isabella Kwai Sphen, a male gentoo penguin whose ...

Keepers say it was love at first sight for Sphen and Magic when they met for the first time in 2018. Sea Life Sydney Aquarium Sphen, a gentoo penguin who became globally famous for his long-standing ...

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Sphen, half of the gay gentoo penguin couple who captured hearts around the world, has died, leaving staff and penguins at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium "heartbroken." On Thursday, the aquarium ...

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 ...

"I have always loved these penguins and the story of their unbreakable bond.” LONDON -- Sphen, an Australian gentoo penguin who shot to fame in 2018 when news of his same-sex male partnership with ...

SYDNEY, Aug 22 (Reuters) - When Sphen, one half of the gay penguin couple whose love captivated the world, died earlier this month in Sydney his partner Magic began to sing. Gentoo penguins Sphen and ...

Same-sex coupling is not the sole province of us homo sapiens. Neither is mourning the death of our partners. When Magic the penguin recently died, its same-sex partner Sphen mourned by singing, and ...