It's not clear how the juvenile male ended up so far north, but experts suggest he was motivated by his appetite ...

The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has the largest population of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in North America – and it ...

Pesto the Australian penguin is molting his famous fluffy feathers - The fluffy chick’s chunky form is slimming down as he ...

An emperor penguin surprised locals when it appeared on a beach in Australia after making an epic journey of thousands of ...

Beachgoers in Australia were shocked to see a lone emperor penguin waddling out of the ocean. Somehow, it swam 3,400km from ...

Experts believe the emperor penguin travelled to Australia from its home in Antarctica, which is a staggering 2,134 miles away. This marks the longest journey ever recorded for the species – and ...

That crazy young penguin," said a University of Washington professor who studies the birds. “This is the furthest north I’ve ...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which oversees the globally respected Red Lists of Threatened Species, has designated the African Penguin species as "critically ...

"If we don't act timeously, we could lose Africa's only penguin species within our lifetime," an expert warns. The economic value of the iconic bird is in the billions of rands, according to a new ...

Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of the 18 penguin species. They can weigh up to 88 pounds (40 kilograms) and stand 45 inches (1.1 meter) tall. A female emperor lays one egg per ...

Once he has all his adult feathers, Pesto will take his first swim. Pesto is a king penguin, the second largest species of ...