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).

Here are four penguin species that go to show just how adaptable ... Its feathers are less dense and structured in different ways than those of its Antarctic counterparts. It also pants in the ...

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

Here's what it's like to have dinner with the second-largest and third-largest species of penguins in the world: the King and ...

They inspire me. Of the 18 different species of penguin, only two (the emperor and Adélie) are actually true Antarctic residents. Breeding colonies of emperor penguins are found around the coast of ...

And the emperor is not alone: More than half of the world's 19 penguin species are in danger of extinction because krill, the keystone of the Antarctic marine food chain, has declined by as much 80 ...

More than 10% produce fertile hybrids, with different penguin species among those which can breed to have healthy chicks. Dr Gemma Bramley, an expert in plant species from Kew Gardens, adds that this ...

Divorce rates appear to be a more reliable predictor of the reproductive success of the colony than environmental factors ...

Gentoo penguins, with the Latin name Pygoscelis ... swim the distance that separates them. “The four species we propose live in quite different latitudes—for example P. ellsworthi lives ...

African penguins are the only penguin species to breed on the African continent. They are found from Namibia to South Africa. Ranging from 18 to 25 inches tall and up to 11 pounds in weight, African ...

And the emperor is not alone: More than half of the world's 19 penguin species are in danger of extinction because krill, the keystone of the Antarctic marine food chain, has declined by as much 80 ...