For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

Unlike other birds, penguins lose all their feathers at once. This “catastrophic molt” leaves them grounded—and fasting—for ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Michigan is home to the “World’s Most Popular Penguin.” Phil the penguin, from John Ball Zoo, was declared ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

Golden penguins are a super interesting variety of penguins, and they are rarely ever captured on camera. As seen on this ...

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren't as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting ...

Rutgers' research reveals the widespread presence of mercury pollution in Earth’s polar regions. In 1962, environmentalist ...

Is mercury pollution a real threat to penguins? Here's what scientists have discovered and what mercury is doing to these ...

Penguin feathers from the Antarctic Peninsula reveal mercury contamination, despite no local human sources. Mercury, a neurotoxin, bioaccumulates in food chains, affecting fish-eating animals.

It’s easy to fall in love with penguins—their tuxedo-like feathers, their comical waddle, and the way they huddle together ...

An injured king penguin found on a beach in Argentina has been released back into the wild. The Mundo Marino Foundation ...