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Sphen the penguin has died in Sydney, Australia at age 11. He leaves same-sex partner Magic and two adopted children behind. SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium/AFP via Getty Images It was a life well sphent. A ...

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 ...

The “surprise” birth of a gray nurse shark in Australia is good news for the endangered predator species. Getty Images/iStockphoto Months after endangered gray nurse shark Mary-Lou was seen ...

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 ...

Sphen, one-half of the world's most famous gay penguin couple, has died, staff at Australia's Sea Life Sydney Aquarium said Thursday in a news release. He left behind his long-term partner Magic — and ...