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A lesbian royal albatross couple - on the Otago Peninsula of New Zealand - have become proud parents.

The chick, which hatched last week, is one of 17 birds born this year in the South Island - the only mainland breeding colony of the endangered animal in the world.

A spokesman from the Department of Conservation, Robin Thomas, said while same-sex pairings have occurred before, it's "not common".

Happy Father's Day to a gay penguin couple in Germany's Bremerhaven Zoo.

The couple has been fostering a chick given to them by zoo handlers, after the egg was rejected several times by its biological parents.

The new dads are one of three same-sex couples in a colony of twenty at the zoo. Scientists originally tried to split-up the couple to encourage breeding, but the they continued to come back to each other.

Since hatching a few days ago, the chick is thriving!

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A gay couple of male penguins has attempted to steal eggs from straight penguin couples, at the Polar Land zoo in north-east China. In an effort to hide their crime, the couple even placed stones at the feet of parenting penguins before leaving with their eggs.

"One of the responsibilities of being a male adult is looking after the eggs," explains a zookeeper. "Despite this being a biological impossibility for this couple, the natural desire is still there."

In the first exhibit of it's kind, the University of Oslo's Natural History Museum presents 51 species of animals exhibiting homosexuality. The display is called "Against Nature?"

"Homosexuality has been observed in more than 1,500 species, and the phenomenon has been well described for 500 of them," said Petter Bockman, project coordinator of the exhibition.

A gay couple in Britain are celebrating their fifth anniversary together with their adopted babies at Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust in Gloucestershire. The couple happen to be flamingos.

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Biological factors may influence hormonal umbalances in utero, and the influence could skew an unborn baby’s future sexual orientation. To test this theory, scientists at the U.S. Sheep Experiment Station in Oregon have identified rams who show an interest in mounting other rams, electro-ejaculated them to collect sperm, and used the sperm to impregnate ewes. The offspring rams will be tested to see if they show a homosexual orientation.