The yellow-eyed penguin is dangerously close to no longer existing. The yellow-eyed penguin is dangerously close to no longer existing. Ross Land/Getty Images The endangered yellow-eyed penguin is ...

In this 2006 photo released Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008 by The New Zealand Science Media Centre shows a pair of yellow-eyed penguins. Australian and New Zealand researchers studying one of the world's ...

The yellow-eyed penguin—a rare species named for its distinctive band of golden feathers—has become one of New Zealand’s most prominent cultural icons (second to the kiwi, of course). Images of the ...

The yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, says the Department of Conservation (DOC), with the number of known nests dropping by 80 percent over the past decade and a half. The ...

As Oceans and Fisheries Minister, Shane Jones has recently taken action to protect the endangered yellow-eyed penguin (hoiho) ...

DUNEDIN, New Zealand - Only a keen-eyed observer can spot the rare yellow-eyed penguin in the impenetrable forest hills that hug New Zealand's South Island beaches. Native to this region, the birds ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a previously unknown species that disappeared about 500 years ago. The research suggests that the ...

After two weeks of intense campaigning, New Zealand has crowned its 2019 bird of the year: the yellow-eyed penguin. Known as the hoiho in Māori, the bird was named victorious after a nail-biting final ...