A group of international researchers announced the discovery of what may have been the largest penguin ever to have lived. Recent fossil findings led to the announcement of Kumimanu fordycei, a new ...
A curious seagull strolled nonchalantly through the penguin enclosure at a zoo in Paris. It looked harmless enough but the seagull could pose an existential threat to the penguins with a devastating ...
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 ...
A majority of the zoo's birds were recently relocated to indoor shelters. Dr. Carol Bradford, the zoo’s senior veterinarian, said some birds are still open for visitors to see. But their have been ...
The 52 penguins at the San Francisco Zoo have finally decided they have better things to do than hang around the pool all day, swimming in circles. Now, it's time to hang around the house. They're ...
Larry, a veteran king penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, will be 29 years old on Feb. 18. If the day's temperature at 11 a.m. is less than 50 degrees, he will, with his chin up, feet ...
New Zealand has been a haven for earthbound birds for eons. The absence of terrestrial predators allowed flightless parrots, kiwis and moas to thrive. Now researchers are adding two prehistoric ...
In one of the most remote and harsh environments on Earth, three penguin species are telling a story that’s about much more ...
WASHINGTON — Scientists have unearthed in New Zealand fossil bones of what might be the heavyweight champion of the penguin world, a bird nearly 6 feet tall that thrived 55 to 60 million years ago, ...