Penguins

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.

These penguin dads are basically walking hot-water bottles.

Why are thousands of female penguins washing up dead in South America?

Two male penguins are raising an egg together in Sydney's Sea Life Aquarium.

A solar eclipse is scheduled for Friday the 13th, but most skywatchers will be unlucky without doing a bit of traveling.

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