This is sad as hell. The penguins made headlines worldwide for their cute romance, and continued to be a mainstay attraction for the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium for the six years of their relationship.

Sphen and Magic were a boundary-breaking same-sex couple, raising two offspring, helping increase awareness about rainbow families and inspiring a float at Sydney’s famed Mardi Gras Pride parade.

The New South Wales Teachers Federation is collaborating with Sea Life Sydney Aquarium to inform ... Wildlife staff at the tourist attraction said the smitten couple would go on romantic waddles ...

For instance, there's SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium, the Australian National Maritime Museum and the Chinese Garden of Friendship. Multiple kid-friendly attractions and the city's convention center are ...

One half of a famous same-sex penguin couple, Sphen, has died aged 11, Sea Life Sydney Aquarium ... for gentoo penguins, the aquarium said. Staff first noticed an attraction between the pair ...

Sphen died earlier this month just before his 12th birthday, the Sydney Sea Life Aquarium said Thursday, a long life for a Gentoo penguin in captivity who can live up to 13 years. “The loss of ...

Contact her at cara.tabachnick@cbsinteractive.com 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 ...

When Sphen captured the heart of Magic, a fellow penguin at an aquarium in Sydney, he also won the hearts of fans around the world. But sadly, Sphen has died, Sea Life Sydney Aquarium announced on ...

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.