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 ...

Birds are vertebrate animals adapted for flight. Many can also run, jump, swim, and dive. Some, like penguins, have lost the ability to fly but retained their wings. Birds are found worldwide and ...

stout flightless birds like ostriches and emus hatch from eggs that are nearly round. Penguins, however, break the mold: Although the aquatic birds can’t take to the air, their eggs are ...

A photographer went to South Georgia hoping to find a yellow penguin he saw three years ago. Instead, he found an even rarer ...

Van Dam worked with mammals before a transfer to the bird department based on seniority. “I was really upset, crying,” Van Dam remembers. “I didn’t have an interest in birds.” But Van Dam was allowed ...

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

Without immediate government action, the African Penguin, an iconic symbol of South Africa, could vanish from the wild by 2035.

In total, there are 86 penguins in the exhibit ... For her first nine months at the zoo, Van Dam worked with mammals before a transfer to the bird department based on seniority.