Penguins

Researchers in New Zealand have unearthed fossils from two previously unknown ancient penguin species. One of the new species is the largest penguin ever discovered.

Satellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.

The world's largest penguins have joined the threatened species list.

They're one of the only bird species to do this.

It depends on how you define monogamy.

Around the time the dinosaurs died out, penguins became swimmers. New research reveals their aquatic evolution.

More than 500 little penguins have washed up dead on New Zealand beaches since May, and scientists aren't exactly sure why.

A rolling robot is helping scientists to observe and record penguin behavior.

A nightly penguin parade takes place on Phillip Island.

Scientists in Antarctica have unexpectedly spotted a sub-Antarctic penguin breeding on the southernmost continent.

Did any of the southern continent's waddling birds look up to catch the sky show?

Conservationists have confirmed that 64 African penguins were killed in South Africa after being stung in and around the eyes by honeybees.

A newly described extinct giant penguin from New Zealand has unusually long legs and a long, slender beak, and it dates to a time when much of the region was underwater.

A new study has predicted that emperor penguins could become functionally extinct by the end of the century due to melting sea ice.

Black-and-white tuxedos may be the conventional dress code in the penguin world, but one dashing individual is breaking the status quo with an à la mode yellow coat.

A rockhopper penguin in the Falkland Islands needed a little guidance after getting separated from his penguin group.

There might be nearly 20% more emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica than previously thought.

A pair of mated male penguins in a Dutch zoo were so eager for offspring that they stole an egg from another couple's nest.

The second-largest emperor penguin colony in the world appears to be collapsing, after rough seas drowned all of its babies three winters in a row.

Emperor penguins are the only penguin species that breeds on the frigid ice sheets of Antarctica in the dead of winter.