Get the story behind these social penguins who breed during the harshest time of year in the most inhospitable region on Earth.

Many people consider penguins to be among their favorite creatures on the planet. There’s something special about seeing a group of flightless tuxedoed birds gathering in groups and waddling from ...

Penguins have a reputation for being cute and predictable, but their daily lives are packed with odd details that rarely make it into casual conversation. Behind the familiar black-and-white look is a ...

Penguins’ feathers are coated in a waterproof oil produced by an adaptive gland called the preen gland, according to Corbin Maxey, an animal expert and biologist. Penguin chicks, however, do not have ...

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the world’s ...

Listen to the remarkable sound of thousands of penguins calling to each other in South Georgia. The sight of a seemingly ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday ...

A rancher took a backhoe to a critical nesting ground. His conviction, advocates say, “sets a crucial precedent for environmental justice.” Magellanic penguins have a stretch of white feathers that ...