Once thought to mate for life, more penguins seem to be setting out in search of new partners come breeding season. Here’s ...

As tall as three feet and weighing an average of 30 pounds, they are the second largest penguin, after the emperor. The king is also among the most distinctive, with vivid orange detailing on its ...

Sometimes colonies are spotted closer to research stations at Signy, Rothera, King Edward Point, Halley and Bird Island. Emperor penguins eat krill, squid and fish. They can dive up to 1,500 feet ...

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

Ten-year-old king penguin ‘Maggie’, of Birdland ... In other penguin-related news, last month a malnourished emperor penguin has been discovered thousands of miles away from its home in ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...

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 ...

WASHINGTON— Following a petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed the emperor penguin for protection under the Endangered Species ...