A quiet sunset paddle turned into a life-saving mission when a group of Cape Town kayakers helped rescue a starving African ...

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Gentoo penguins may actually be four separate species. Discover how the newly recognized species differs and why the discovery matters.

Researchers used DNA analysis to identify a new gentoo penguin species in the remote Kerguelen Islands.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Penguins aren’t just found in icy parts of the planet like ...

Some of the world’s smallest penguins have boarded a flight from the UK - for a move to Spain. The fairy penguins were given ...

A precocious and sexually domineering king penguin enlisted for a breeding initiative in an England zoo — and thought to be a female — has turned out to be a boy. Penguin Maggie traveled from Denmark ...

Pesto, a king penguin of unusually large size, has waddled his way into social media feeds all over the world, forcing pygmy hippo Moo Deng to share the celebrity baby animal spotlight. In the process ...

Pumas in southern Patagonia have discovered an unexpected new food source in the dense colonies of Magellanic penguins, and the shift is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about big cat ...

Penguins, capybaras, squirrel monkeys and a Vietnamese magnolia snail were among 10,000 animals measured at ZSL London Zoo’s annual “weigh-in” on Monday. Every mammal, bird, reptile, fish and ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --A New York Zoo offered a sneak preview of some of the artwork that will be available at its upcoming gala auction: creations by animals including penguins, giraffes, sloths, capybaras ...