Penguins might be synonymous with the world’s coldest places, but how many species actually are there? For the past 100 years ...

A species of gentoo penguin previously unknown to science came as the result of an in-depth genetic analysis across 10 ...

A new genome study shows gentoo penguins are four separate species, not one. The discovery reveals hidden diversity.

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic and Antarctic islands. The Southern Hemisphere is penguin territory, although ...

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The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife announced on ...

Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, posing a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study says. Three ...

Populations are declining as climate change causes the sea ice the birds need for survival to retreat, according to researchers. By Rachel Nuwer Emperor penguins, the world’s largest and perhaps most ...