Meet the Gentoo penguin, the world’s fastest swimming bird. From diving skills to parenting habits, here are some fascinating ...

A sleek Magellanic penguin native to the far-southern reaches of South America has been seen zipping through warm, shallow water off Rio de Janeiro — to the amusement of throngs of beachgoers. ...

Photo / Jill Worrall A sleek Magellanic penguin native to the far-southern reaches of South America has been seen zipping ...

A rare chick has been hatched and raised by a same-sex penguin couple at Chester Zoo. The Humboldt chick is one of 10 to have ...

Penguins are flightless birds found primarily on the coasts and islands of Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand, ...

Penguins' ability to swim is still underappreciated in birds, especially compared to the changes that allowed the ancestors of whales to evolve back to a fully aquatic lifestyle, she said.

They named the larger penguin Kumimanu (a mash-up of the Maori words for “monster” and “bird”) fordycei and named the smaller penguin Petradyptes (“rock diver”) stonehousei.

tried to think of puffins as a type of penguin. Puffins are Northern Hemisphere birds, and penguins belong in the Southern Hemisphere, but they are not in the same family. Extended holiday? Invasive ...

Penguins are the slowpokes of bird evolution, which could affect their ability to adapt as their environment rapidly changes.. An international team of researchers found that penguin evolution is ...

The News. A highly lethal form of bird flu has been detected in Antarctic penguins for the first time. The virus, which is known as H5N1, was confirmed in two gentoo penguins that were found dead ...

It’s noisy, smelly, shy – and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday.

How ‘The Penguin Lessons’ Director Captured Human Emotions From the Bird — and What Footage Landed on the Editing Room Floor ...