The skull, from an ancient relative of ducks and geese known as Vegavis iaai, suggests that the key characteristics of modern birds were already in place 69 million years ago. Birds evolved from ...

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

BirdLife South Africa and SANCCOB are taking legal action against the Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment to secure effective protection measures for the declining African Penguin ...

Wednesday marked National Girls and Women in Sports Day, and to recognize it, Pittsburgh's professional sports organizations ...

Five of Pittsburgh's sports teams came together Wednesday to distribute sports bras to Pittsburgh Public School athletes. The ...

Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag resistance than swimming at the surface. Splashing around making waves isn't the most efficient way to swim. Any energy spent ...

That’s thanks, in part, to a growing trend toward sobriety among Gen Z adults that has transformed the social landscape in ...

Shedd Aquarium has named its two newest rockhopper penguins, Pico and Douglas, nods to their South American roots and the Falkland Islands’ penguin population, respectively.

After hatching in June, the Shedd Aquarium's youngest rockhoppers have officially been named after hatching over the summer.

Competitive swimmers know that swimming underwater causes less drag resistance than swimming at the surface. Splashing around ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice that scientists call a "megaburg" broke off from the Antarctic’s Filchner Ice Shelf in 1986.

If it gets stuck near South Georgia Island, that could make it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young ...