On Monday, Dec. 8, the Maryland Zoo announced that eight critically endangered African penguins had hatched and were named by the zoo's penguin keepers. The PEOPLE Puzzler crossword is here! How ...

After compiling alarming data showing the steep decline of African penguins in recent years, researchers recommended the species be uplisted to the critically endangered list. According to GroundUp, a ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- A slipped ankle tendon sounds like something attributed to a hulking NFL star on a team injury report. But for a small penguin, such an injury used to mean amputation or even death.

An endangered African penguin chick recently hatched at the Lincoln Park Zoo just in time for the holiday season. In a news release issued Thursday, the zoo reported the healthy chick hatched Oct. 1 ...

A Norfolk zoo is celebrating a magical end to the year after welcoming two new critically endangered penguins.

BOSTON -- Two new African penguins have joined the rest of the penguin colony at the New England Aquarium in Boston following months of care behind the scenes. The chicks hatched in March and are ...

With their nearly identical black-and-white feathers, how can penguins tell each other apart when they’re nesting in huge colonies? At least one species of the iconic, tuxedo-wearing birds may use ...

The oldest African penguin at the Maryland Zoo was humanely euthanized after his health declined at the ripe old age of 33 years. That’s nearly twice the 18-year-old average life expectancy of his ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. DENVER (KDVR) — An African penguin chick was ...

An African penguin chick was successfully hatched at the Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance in October, and zoo workers plan to introduce the critically endangered animal to the public in early January.