Biologists at the California Academy of Sciences had a wetsuit created for a blading African penguin to help him get back in the swim of things.
A seal has been caught on camera trying to have sex with a penguin. This seems to be the first known example of a sexual escapade between a mammal and another kind of vertebrate such as a bird, ...
For the past few weeks, two New England Aquarium biologists have been mothering a 22-ounce Little Blue Penguin that was rejected by its parents after a difficult hatching.
South Korean researchers, showcasing their latest line in robotic pets, have unveiled a penguin which can interact with humans.
... , the international environmental charity, and the Leverhulme Trust, has focused on the African penguin because their numbers have declined from more than a million at the start of the last century to ...
Australian conservationists are racing to clear an important little penguin breeding site of an invasive species of tall grass that tangles up the birds and kills some of them.
... pairs a century ago to just 63,000 pairs by 2005. The number of Galapagos Islands penguins, the only species with a range that extends into the Northern Hemisphere, has fallen to around 2,500 birds, ...
... the formation of a nongovernmental organization dedicated to monitoring major aggregations of penguins. Such an organization could provide advance warning of urgent threats and thus make amelioration ...
P. Dee Boersma has been watching the penguins of Punta Tombo for almost 30 years and now sees a new threat to their survival: a changing climate.
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) -- Hundreds of baby penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches, rescuers and penguin ...
Environmentalists rescued some 20 penguins covered in crude oil off Argentina's mid-Atlantic coast, two of which have died and four are in critical condition, the Patagonia Natural Foundation (FPN) ...
A lucky penguin survives a long, strange trip; a strangely beautiful oil slick fouls the Mississippi; and more in our weekly roundup of nature news photos.
Penguins from frigid waters near the bottom of the world are washing up closer to the equator than ever before, Brazilian wildlife authorities said Wednesday.
Hundreds of dead or dying Magellanic penguins have washed up on Brazil's beaches, with some experts citing global warming and pollution as possible causes.
An orphaned whale tries to suckle yachts, a penguin gets a promotion, and a tortoise gets wheels in our weekly animal-photo roundup.
