Reproductive skills

A Royal penguin chick was born on August 3, 2023, the result of the love between Zest and Sweetie. By mid-September, it already weighed 2.3 kg and was a little over half the size of an adult. This weight gain was mostly thanks to mom! Normally, with penguins, mom and dad take turns incubating and feeding. This time, the task-sharing didn't happen equally. The animal keepers monitored the chick's development even more closely. It will be several months before it dons the characteristic plumage of Royal penguins and can go into the water to feed independently.

On July 3rd, 2023, a Rockhopper penguin chick was born after an incubation period equally shared by both penguin parents. In early September, it was still easily identifiable by its characteristic down and the absence of crests on its head. In anticipation of its first molt and the appearance of its adult plumage, it was regularly weighed, and its growth was closely monitored during this sensitive period in its natural environment. It then gradually gained complete dietary independence by venturing into the water to search for fish on its own.

Birth of a baby California sea lion.

Birth of 8 Humboldt penguins between May 13th and June 7th, 2023. The zoological teams are delighted with all these births in the penguin colony, especially with the young parents (some parents were barely 2 years old, while these penguins usually reach sexual maturity around 4 or 5 years). This is a sign that these birds are well-fed and live in favorable social and environmental conditions, and it is also due to the mild temperatures and low precipitation in the first semester of 2023 on the Côte d'Azur. Incubation and chick rearing are equally ensured by both parents, who take care of them equally, until the baby penguins start feeding themselves with fish. This species (Spheniscus humboldti) lives on the Pacific coasts of northern Peru and Chile, where temperatures are similar to the Mediterranean climate. This species is classified as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List

Birth of a baby South African sea lion.

Birth of a King Penguin at Marineland Zoo! A young king penguin chick hatched in mid-August, after 54 days of incubation. His father and mother (or both) take turns feeding him. In penguins, parity is respected: both parents take care of the chick as much as the other! In 10 to 13 months, this chick will have its plumage and will join the colony of around forty king penguins and rockhopper penguins housed in the Antarctica area of the Marineland zoo, which is kept at 11 degrees all year round, where it will learn to to swim. In adulthood, the king penguin measures between 85 and 95 cm, it is the second largest among the 18 species of penguins.

6 rockhopper penguin babies born this year! Between June 26 and July 4, Marineland's team of seabird caretakers had the pleasure of welcoming 6 adorable rockhopper penguin chicks! The rockhopper penguin gets its name from the fact that it moves in small leaps and of the 18 species of penguins in the world, there are 7 species of penguins, all of which are characterized by the presence of yellow tufts on each side of the head. . The 7 penguin species are classified as endangered (EN) or vulnerable (VU) on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

• Birth of a baby South African sea lion, the fruit of Kali and Charlie's love!

Birth of Happy, Humboldt penguin: the Marineland Côte d'Azur zoo was delighted to see the birth of Happy on April 5, 2022, the fruit of the love of Looping and Frenchie, themselves born in Antibes. This is their first chick and they are raising it without any intervention from the keepers. One parent stays in the nest when the 2nd goes to feed. They thus take turns during the day, there is no long food journey in this species. Fish is left at will in the basins stimulating the search for food and feeding in the water. This same fish will be regurgitated by the parents to feed the chick until its autonomy (tight plumage). The animal spaces are designed so that the animals express their natural behavior, a guarantee of their well-being.

• Birth of a baby seal

• Birth of Picasso, a baby sea lion

• For the first time in the world history of aquariology, teams from Marineland, Océanopolis and the Oceanographic Museum of Monaco have succeeded in breeding and breeding hatchet fish!

• The dolphin Nala gives birth to her first baby, representing the 2nd generation of dolphins born at Marineland!

• Birth of a litter of 8 baby gray sharks at Marineland

• Marineland aquarists managed to naturally reproduce the Gramma Dejongi species a few months after the same feat with razorfish Aeoliscus strigatus!

• Birth of two baby blue-spotted rays, a first!

• Birth of a baby Humboldt penguin