A 10-year-old King Penguin in Birdland Park and Garden was renamed from Maggie into Magnus after a feather DNA Test revealed that the penguin is a male. The penguin was subjected to a feather DNA ...

Male penguins do not have penises ... Birdland Park and Gardens is home to England's only collection of king penguins, the second largest species of penguin. They now hope to receive a female ...

It was just a few months ago that Australia's beloved Pesto the Penguin went viral for weighing nearly 50 pounds at just 9 ...

King penguins do not build nests. In their constricted space, the male and female take turns incubating a single egg balanced on their feet and covered by a loose fold of skin. They brood the ...

A 40-year-old king penguin who starred in Batman Returns is seeking the title of 'world's favourite flightless bird.' ...

Suspicions grew after "Maggie's" unexpected behaviour with a fellow male king penguin. When Flop's mother died and she lost the strength to stand, Dudley Zoo taught her to walk. The naturalist and ...

So to identify an individual, or even a male from a female ... like this has been seen before in their close relatives, king penguins, but it is extremely rare in an emperor penguin.

King penguins in the Falklands only bread twice ... and they start to hatch from the end of December until March. Both male and female take turns sitting on the egg or looking after the chicks.