The Fairy or Little Blue Penguin, the smallest penguin species, stands at 13-17 inches and weighs just over 1 kg. These ...

This is typically done by sampling their feces or what is inside the stomachs of dead birds, but this new method will help ...

And penguins were no exception ... “There are good feeding grounds offshore for marine birds, and there were no land mammals other than bats in New Zealand before humans arrived, which makes ...

They also occupy holes burrowed into “guano” (excreta and remains of animals that have accumulated ... of sighting these remarkable birds in the wild. Penguins have earned their special ...

This story appears in the September 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. First comes the Noise, the turbulent din of king penguins calling, fighting, courting, like the ultimate schoolyard ...

Each of the zoo’s penguins has their own personality, Brown said, whether it’s the way they eat, or something more amusing, ...

Four African penguins, who are a critically endangered species, hatched at Mystic Aquarium earlier this month. The penguin ...