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 ...

After hatching in June, the Shedd Aquarium's youngest rockhoppers have officially been named after hatching over the summer.

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

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.

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

For more than a month, adult little penguins from a colony on Tasmania's east coast have not been coming ashore to feed their young, leading to chick deaths. Experts believe sea temperatures have ...

And it has happened in the past,” Meijers said. That's bad for that colony, but it doesn't amount to a problem for overall penguin populations, Scambos said. “The whole ecosystem in the ...

Pic: NASA Worldview/AP While the A23a represents a threat to the penguin colony on South Georgia, it doesn't pose a greater risk to the overall penguin populations, University of Colorado ice ...

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 ...

While the A23a represents a threat to the penguin colony on South Georgia, it doesn't pose a greater risk to the overall penguin populations, University of Colorado ice scientist Ted Scambos said.