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 ...

Populations have declined by up to 50% in some places and one colony off the Antarctic Peninsula has disappeared completely. The biggest threat to them right now is climate change due to changes in ...

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 ...

Emperor penguins are dependent on stable sea ice that is firmly attached to the shore from April through ... developed waterproof feathers. The five colonies of penguins studied were all ...

The breeding site, home to around 6000 penguins, regularly sees warmer temperatures than other colonies ... sea ice that is attached firmly to the shore. If this ice breaks up too early, the ...

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 ...