Green snow algae on the Antarctic Peninsula held ten times the phosphate of red snow, and penguin guano is the likely source ...

These Far Side comics prove Gary Larson found endless comedy in penguins, even if they didn't appear as much as other animals ...

Researchers used DNA analysis to identify a new gentoo penguin species in the remote Kerguelen Islands.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about biodiversity and the hidden quirks of the natural world. Penguins aren’t just found in icy parts of the planet like ...

Steve Coogan standing in front of a classroom with a penguin at his side in 'The Penguin Lessons'. Image via TIFF It's about time for The Penguin Lessons to begin. Sony Pictures Classics has announced ...

Pesto, a king penguin of unusually large size, has waddled his way into social media feeds all over the world, forcing pygmy hippo Moo Deng to share the celebrity baby animal spotlight. In the process ...

Zavodovski, a volcanic island in Antarctica, is silently witnessing a shift in the local ecosystem. Known as home to the ...

A precocious and sexually domineering king penguin enlisted for a breeding initiative in an England zoo — and thought to be a female — has turned out to be a boy. Penguin Maggie traveled from Denmark ...

When you hear the words "an ice-covered, freezing world," what kind of animals come to mind?In fact, even though they are both "polar regions filled with cold," the animals living in Antarctica and ...

A tiny chick barely peeks out of the pouch between its parent’s legs. “As soon as we started filming, we started to see things that had never been filmed before,” wildlife cinematographer and National ...

There's an escapee on the loose and Frank (Joel McHale) and Shred (Michael Rowland) are in a race against time to catch it in the upcoming episode of Animal Control Season 3. The pair have already ...

Pumas in southern Patagonia have discovered an unexpected new food source in the dense colonies of Magellanic penguins, and the shift is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about big cat ...