A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

As the penguin darted through the water currents, its unique hydrodynamics revealed tons of remarkable insights about these ...

Penguin colonies are declining worldwide; explore their adaptations, threats, and what their struggle tells us about Earth’s ...

Penguins are far more resilient and complex than their playful image suggests. They endure extreme cold, exhausting journeys, ...

A lone penguin trudging away from its colony, heading not toward the sea but toward the empty white interior of Antarctica, ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...

A new, feathery, meme is spreading on social media. People are posting clips from a 2007 documentary showing a penguin ...

Penguins don’t belong only to icy postcards and nature documentaries. In the wild, these tuxedoed birds turn up in some of the world’s most dramatic — and sometimes unexpected — landscapes, from ...

Reaching sexual maturity requires surviving a developmental window that spans up to 6 years. Retaining fluffy brown feathers past 12 months creates a life-threatening inability to enter the ocean. The ...

The 32nd annual Penguin Swim will take place on Jan. 1, 2026, in Ocean City, Maryland. Participants must register online or in person to take part in the cold plunge into the Atlantic Ocean. The event ...

CHICAGO – Imagine you live in the suburbs of Chicago and you must commute hundreds of miles to a job in Iowa just to put food on the table. Magellanic penguins living on the Atlantic coast of ...

During times of uncertainty, it can be helpful to turn to the natural world for comfort and inspiration. In the early throes of the pandemic this past spring, a photo of two snuggly Australian ...