Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with international partners, have developed a ...

The chinstrap penguin is a medium-sized penguin with a black "hat", white face, and a thin line of dark feathers along its jawline ...

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 ...

In the rich waters of South Africa's coasts, 6 key breeding colonies of the African penguin are now no-go zones for ...

Geriatric African penguins don’t have to worry about younger birds bombarding the buckets of fish delivered by trainers at ...

Experts say that of the 18 penguin species, 5 are endangered — Galapagos ... (Puffins are second on the list. There’s something that draws people to flightless, comical-looking birds.) ...

Last year, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) added the species - also known as African penguins - to a red list of wild animals considered most at risk of extinction.

Coral reefs, marine birds, Chiloé Foxes, and Magellanic penguins ... since the “Red List” only analyses 2.7% of the 1.8 million currently recognized animal and plant species.

The researchers sequenced the genomes of the 20 living penguin species and subspecies. With more than three quarters of known penguin species now extinct, the researchers also included in their ...