A rookery of Southern rockhopper penguins nests between a rocky slope and a tussac grassland. The penguins bring in nutrients from the ocean directly to the grasses at the Kidney Island National ...

Penguins are typically flightless but in this award-winning clip, hundreds of them defied their own limitation by taking a ...

Soon after, the African penguin was listed as endangered and the New Zealand-Australia populations of the southern rockhopper penguin were listed as threatened. After another Center petition, in 2014 ...

Along the beach below, southern rockhopper penguins call loudly. The always relentless striated caracaras—known as Johnny rooks—scout for penguin chicks or carrion to eat. The frigid waters ...

But then in 2006, the rockhopper penguin began to be recognised as two different species, the southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) and the northern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes moseleyi).

Shedd Aquarium has named its two newest rockhopper penguins, Pico and Douglas, nods to their South American roots and the Falkland Islands’ penguin population, respectively.

which include five species - Southern rockhopper, Macaroni, King, Gentoo and Chinstrap - several of whom periodically fill the air with high-pitched vocalizations. In total, there are 86 penguins ...

The Falklands are home to the world’s largest colonies of Black-browed Albatrosses and the second-largest colonies of Southern Rockhopper Penguins. Hundreds of thousands of birds breed on the ...

Shooting out of the surf, a southern sea lion bull nabs a southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome) at Isla de los Estados. Southern rockhoppers venture offshore to catch fish, swimming ...

from the impressive 1.2m tall Emperor Penguins of the British Antarctic Territory to the smaller, agile Southern Rockhopper Penguins of the Falkland Islands – nine out of 18 penguin species ...

Soon after, the African penguin was listed as endangered and the New Zealand-Australia populations of the southern rockhopper penguin were listed as threatened. After another Center petition, in 2014 ...