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

They are also well-adapted for swimming with their streamlined bodies gliding through the water, propelled by their small, ...

The emperor penguin is the heaviest and largest of the ... They have flippers rather than wings (although they are considered birds), which they use to move through water quickly.

For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing ...

"How come they have wings but can't fly?" Susan is fascinated by penguins. Even though she has been on countless journeys throughout the world, there is one parade that is still vivid in her mind.

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