King penguins at Zoo Zürich, Switzerland. (Zoo Zürich, Albert Schmidmeister) Pampered penguins in zoos escape the elements ...

Penguins tend to evoke images of Antarctic ice shelves rather than sunny shorelines. Yet along the coast of South Africa lives the African penguin, a small, vocal seabird adapted to temperate waters.

King penguins are currently thriving and raising more chicks as the sub-Antarctic region warms, but scientists worry about ...

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Home to the world’s largest known Adélie Penguin population, the Antarctic islands recently gained protected-area status. Now ...

Penguins are far more resilient and complex than their playful image suggests. They endure extreme cold, exhausting journeys, packed breeding colonies, and declining food sources through a mix of ...

Get the story behind these social penguins who breed during the harshest time of year in the most inhospitable region on Earth.