In good times, they largely stick with their partners, although there’s often a bit of hanky-panky happening on the side.' ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

Nowhere is this shift in understanding more pronounced than on Australia’s Phillip Island, home to the world’s largest colony of little penguins (Eudyptula minor). These charming, blue ...

The biggest iceberg on Earth is heading toward a remote island, creating a potential threat to penguins and seals inhabiting ...

With wide beaches at the shore and scrublands inland, the largest colony of Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) are found here—there are around 400,000 breeding adults. This species ...

Researchers have found that the rate of divorce among the penguins is a more reliable predictor of the reproductive success of the colony than environmental factors like habitat change or ...

Phillip Island is home to the world’s largest colony of little penguins–almost 40,000 birds. These sea birds are the smallest penguin species on Earth. Little penguins are slightly bigger than a ...

Life isn’t always a beach for Phillip Island’s beloved penguins, who have been found to divorce their partners and find a new ...