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.

“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 ...

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

Penguins are at risk as a warming climate affects sea ice in Antarctica. Raimund Linke/The Image Bank via Getty Images Emperor penguins thrive on Antarctica’s coastlines in icy conditions any human ...

The Maryland Zoo just announced its most recent arrival: eight African penguin chicks hatched and are ready to greet the ...

Back in the 1930s, an ill-advised plan was hatched to keep a living penguin at the Little America hotel in southwest Wyoming.

A group of international researchers announced the discovery of what may have been the largest penguin ever to have lived. Recent fossil findings led to the announcement of Kumimanu fordycei, a new ...

Duffy was named after Jen Duffy, an Adventure Aquarium staff member who has worked on the bird and mammal team since 2006.

“When you...see the movie, you are helping Steve and all the penguin species." Disneynature’s new feature film “Penguins” follows the story of a plucky Adelie penguin named Steve. Ed Helms, who is ...

Two baby African penguins were born at Adventure Aquarium in Camden; a critical milestone since the species has been ...

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SAN DIEGO, Calif. (CNS) -- After overwhelming public participation, the emperor penguin chick hatched at SeaWorld San Diego was officially named Pearl. More than 29,000 people voted, with Pearl ...