Befitting their name, king penguins cut an impressive figure in the seabird court. As tall as three feet and weighing an average of 30 pounds, they are the second largest penguin, after the emperor.

His efforts were rewarded when he found a king penguin (Aptenodytes patagonicus) like no other he’d seen before, one with black feathers all over its body. “Melanism is something that occurs ...

A baby penguin named Pesto, who at nine months old weighs 22.5kg (50 pounds) and towers over the adults at 90cm (roughly ...

They are infamously the “principal enemy of the penguin”, as immortalized in the film Happy Feet. But when they eat ... one another dining together on a king penguin carcass, taking it in ...

Stanley is four feet tall, has been delighting children ... Suspicions grew after "Maggie's" unexpected behaviour with a fellow male king penguin. When Flop's mother died and she lost the strength ...

On a day when most other animals chose to be indoors, the Albuquerque BioPark hosted an annual event for Penguin Awareness ...

King penguins are the second-largest penguin species after the Emperor. They do not make a nest, but rather lay one egg at a time and carry it around on their feet covered with a flap of abdominal ...