Australian penguin Sphen, one half of a famous same-sex couple, dies at age 11
MELBOURNE, Australia — Sphen, the older partner of a world-famous same-sex penguin pair celebrated in Australian school textbooks and at an annual parade promoting gay rights, has died aged 11, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday. Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now 8 years old, attracted international attention in 2018 when they […]