It's an improbable achievement, as this species of penguins was previously thought to only reach about 30 years in captivity, ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...

Magellanic penguin and the erect crested penguin. But then in 2006, the rockhopper penguin began to be recognised as two different species, the southern rockhopper penguin (Eudyptes chrysocome ...

They identified the bones as belonging to a previously unknown species of crested penguin, which they named Eudyptes atatu. The finding serves as "an important clue that New Zealand might have ...

Fiordland Penguins (also known as Tawaki or Fiordland Crested Penguins) are listed as a threatened species, and Taronga’s breeding program is aiming to support the dwindling population of these ...

Gibbons are famed for their graceful agility high in the forest canopy. Swinging effortlessly from branch to branch, their ...

Experts say that of the 18 penguin species, 5 are endangered — Galapagos, African, northern rockhopper, erect-crested, and yellow-eyed — and another 5 are threatened. The Falkland Islands has ...

Two species of sub-Antarctic penguin have surprised scientists in New Zealand by travelling up to 15,000km during six months spent at sea. Researchers tagged 90 Rockhopper and Snares crested ...