“The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species on Earth.” The emperor penguin is the largest species of penguin in the world and also one of the most unique. Instead of breeding in the warmer ...

Many people consider penguins to be among their favorite creatures on the planet. There’s something special about seeing a group of flightless tuxedoed birds gathering in groups and waddling from ...

Smitty the penguin is part of a Species Survival Plan, a collaborative program among zoos and aquariums aimed at protecting vulnerable species and maintaining genetic diversity. Humboldt penguins, the ...

A Magellanic penguin on Magdalena Island, located in the Strait of Magellan near Chile's southern tip. Tens of thousands of penguins come to the island every year to breed. The South American penguin ...

Not all penguins wear tuxes. A rare white penguin has been spotted at a scientific base in Antarctica, where it was standing out like a sore thumb among its black-and-white brethren. The bird, which ...

“When you...see the movie, you are helping Steve and all the penguin species." Disneynature’s new feature film “Penguins” follows the story of a plucky Adelie penguin named Steve. Ed Helms, who is ...

Great penguins once lived in much warmer waters, but then retreated to the Southern Ocean. In a warming world, they might be ...

A new study published in the journal Ecology and Evolution reveals that the notion of penguins as lifelong monogamous ...

A fossil discovery in New Zealand reveals a giant penguin ancestor species that thrived in warm seas three million years ago.

Antarctic researchers discovered four new colonies of the near-threatened emperor penguin species via satellite images of the birds' poop Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Penguin poop that is ...

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