LiveScience Topics: Penguins

Penguins are aquatic, flightless birds. They lay eggs, have feathers and yet are powerful swimmers. Emperor penguins can stay underwater up to 30 minutes, in essence flying underwater. They live in the Southern Hemisphere, including Antarctica and New Zealand. LiveScience.com has penguin pictures, feature article and news of the latest penguin discoveries.

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How Penguins & Seals Survive Deep Dives

Jessica Meir goes to extreme environments to learn how mammals and birds thrive in conditions that humans cannot tolerate.
Gay Penguins Rear a Chick

The hatched chick is doing well, and the fathers are both happier.
Penguin Poop Monitored from Space

Satellite images of emperor penguin guano help map out breeding colonies.

More Penguins News and Information

8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is Out of Whack

Rising temperatures are affecting the animal kingdom in many subtle ways.
Seal Tries Sex with Penguin

First known example of a sexual escapade between a mammal and another kind of vertebrate.
Penguin Ranch

Penguin Ranch
A Season at the Penguin Ranch in Antarctica

A scientist details his life as a penguin researcher.
Why Don't Penguin Feet Freeze on Ice?
Argentinian Penguins Still Under Threat

Conservationists find more threats to penguins beyond oil spills.
North vs. South Poles: 10 Wild Differences

Russia has planted a flag at the bottom of the sea marking the North Pole and laying claim to the region in an escalating race for oil. A U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker has been dispatched to map the Arctic seafloor at a time when the vast, floating ice cap
Puffball with a Beak

A puffball with a beak â€“ namely a chinstrap penguin chick â€“ chills out at the Central Park Zoo.
Hundreds of Oil-Covered Penguins Surface in South America

Hundreds of oil-covered Magellanic penguins have surfaced off the Atlantic coast of South America.
Giant Ancient Penguins Liked it Hot

Ancient penguins basked in balmy weather.
Stowaway Penguins Hop Hemispheres

A penguin found 5,000 miles from home likely stowed away on a fishing ship.
All Penguins Are Cute, But Some Are More Cute Than Others

Our fondness for cute animals could have detrimental effects on preservation efforts.
Scientists Puzzled by Extreme Penguin Dives

Researchers live with penguins (except when they dive) to try and figure out how the birds dive so deep without killing themselves.
Shifting Icebergs May Have Forced Penguin Evolution

Adelie penguins may have been trapped, forced to breed with another colony, a new study suggests.