Researchers used DNA analysis to identify a new gentoo penguin species in the remote Kerguelen Islands.

Penguins may seem like one of the easier animals to identify. They have their familiar black-and-white feathers, waddling ...

Research represents evidence that the gentoo penguin is actually four genetically distinct species.

A baby boom is sweeping the country, and the African penguins at Ripley's Aquarium of Myrtle Beach are getting in on the ...

When you hear the words "an ice-covered, freezing world," what kind of animals come to mind?In fact, even though they are ...

A precocious and sexually domineering king penguin enlisted for a breeding initiative in an England zoo — and thought to be a female — has turned out to be a boy. Penguin Maggie traveled from Denmark ...

Pesto, a king penguin of unusually large size, has waddled his way into social media feeds all over the world, forcing pygmy hippo Moo Deng to share the celebrity baby animal spotlight. In the process ...

Feb. 12 (UPI) --A New York Zoo offered a sneak preview of some of the artwork that will be available at its upcoming gala auction: creations by animals including penguins, giraffes, sloths, capybaras ...