Around 18 species of penguin can be found in living on Earth. Penguins can vary in size, with some weighing up to 88 pounds and standing over three feet tall, according to National Geographic.

A Magellanic penguin on Magdalena Island, located in the Strait of Magellan near Chile's southern tip. Tens of thousands of penguins come to the island every year to breed. The South American penguin ...

“The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species on Earth.” The emperor penguin is the largest species of penguin in the world and also one of the most unique. Instead of breeding in the warmer ...

As the rapidly worsening climate catastrophe triggers ever more Antarctic ice to melt, emperor penguins, which breed on ice, are facing an uncertain future Adult emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri ...

Penguins do not react to people the way most wild animals do. When a human appears on an Antarctic shoreline, many penguins ...

From fish smoothies to oral antibiotics, researchers are taking matters into their own hands in a radical effort to save New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguins After female penguins lay eggs, parents take ...

Scores of baby penguins bravely dive off a massive 50-foot cliff for their first ever swim in the Antarctic below, new footage shows.

Once thought to mate for life, more penguins seem to be setting out in search of new partners come breeding season. Here’s why. Penguins have long been celebrated as symbols of enduring love. From the ...

For many years, I had no idea that there was a difference between a penguin and a puffin. I learned to love penguins in movies like Happy Feet and Mr. Popper’s Penguins. Not to mention the mischievous ...

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. No more, said the ...