Penguins of all sorts are beloved birds, known for their quirky appearance and endearing waddle. Macaroni penguins are ...

Researchers measured the amount of nitrogen and carbon in the whiskers, which tells them the kinds of animals the leopard seals have eaten in the past few years. Both nitrogen and carbon ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...

The docuseries “Secrets of the Penguins” by National Geographic captured footage of several rare penguin chicks for the very first time. Their parents are a mixed-species couple: a rockhopper mother ...

Rockhopper and macaroni penguins are in danger from predators at sea, including killer whales, fur seals, and leopard seals. Both species eat a diet of crustaceans and small fish.

This UNESCO World Heritage site hosts four breeding penguin species: King, Royal, Gentoo, and Rockhopper penguins. The island is particularly notable for its Royal penguin colony—the only place in the ...

Meet Noisy. He's a two-week-old northern rockhopper penguin chick who is currently receiving around the clock care from keepers at Whipsnade Zoo.

There are 18 species of penguins left, with 11 of them classified as being under threat. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species lists several penguin species as endangered, including the Northern ...

Yes, the flightless birds, usually found in the tundra of Antarctica, have made it here to the equator, where temperatures hover in the high 80s and humidity blankets all. The Galapagos penguin is ...

Interestingly, rockhopper penguins, unlike other penguins, slide around on ice on their bellies. Furthermore, they are not very fast either.

Cornered Mother Penguin Confronts Hungry Sea Lion '70 Times Her Size' in First of Its Kind Footage (Exclusive) The clip of the rockhopper mom facing off with a giant sea lion comes from National ...