For nearly a month the French territory of Amsterdam Island in the southern Indian Ocean has been engulfed in flames. Located ...

When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

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

SANCCOB announced that they had been alerted to an oil spill along the West Coast. Oil was discovered last week on the main beaches in Strandfontein. SANCCOB said that t ...

Shedd Aquarium’s newest rockhopper penguins have been named Douglas (foreground) and Pico. Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez Share Shedd Aquarium has named its two newest rockhopper penguins ...

CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff prospects seem to be perilously close to going on life-support, but their roster appears to be rather healthy. All expected players were on the ice for ...

The Lincoln Children's Zoo is looking for a lovely new name for its Humboldt penguin chick ahead of Valentine's Day. The female chick hatched on Dec. 15 and is the second chick of mom, Sharkbait ...

The Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves again caught up in some ridiculous trade chatter involving their captain. Sidney Crosby has consistently stated his commitment to the Penguins and had to ...

Douglas (left) and Pico (right) hatched over the summer and are the Shedd Aquarium's newest rockhopper penguins. Credit: Shedd Aquarium/Brenna Hernandez MUSEUM CAMPUS — After hatching in June, the ...

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 ...

It was only fitting that, a game removed from pouring it on against the NHL’s stingiest defensive team, the Pittsburgh Penguins couldn’t keep the league’s least prolific offense in check.