Lately they’ve had to work much harder. The preferred prey of African penguins—anchovies and sardines—has been disappearing in much of the penguin’s range. The fish have moved some 250 ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

A small group of adult Galapagos penguins sharing a rock with a Blue-Footed Booby. Photo: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory Returning to the mainland after a week cruising the Galápagos Islands ...

The Galapagos penguin is the only one that lives north of the equator, and the western coast of Isabela Island is your best bet for spotting them. They often hang out on lava rocks or swim right ...

Love penguins? Celebrate World Penguin Day on April 25 by planning your trip to see these charming birds in the wild. Here are 10 amazing spots to spot penguins in their natural habitat.

The Galapagos penguin is the northernmost breed and one of the smallest, at 20 inches tall. It seems so incongruous, its little head bopping in the crystalline waters rimmed by outgrowths of ...

The series captures unprecedented penguin behaviors across diverse habitats, from Antarctica to the Galapagos. A dedicated team filmed emperor penguins in extreme conditions, revealing unique ...

Macaroni penguins eat 9.2 million tonnes of prey annually, making them the largest consumers of marine wildlife. And the Galapagos penguin – he of the little head bopping up in the South Pacific ...

This was not the Galapagos wildlife encounter I expected ... We posed in our panga (a type of small, open-top boat) with penguins only feet away, then swam alongside them. An astounding moment ...