Penguins

Penguin Life Cycle
When you speak of polar region, penguins are the first birds that come to your mind. Do you know that penguins only live in the south polar region? Though they are birds; they are completely flightless and spend 75% of their lifetime in sea. To know more about a penguin's life cycle, read on...

Macaroni Penguin Facts
Natives of the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic region, Macaroni penguins, are the most abundant of all the penguins. The distinguishing feature that sets them apart from other penguins is their yellow-orange tassels on the forehead. Read on to find out some interesting Macaroni Penguin facts.

How do Penguin Flippers Work?
Penguins are the flightless aquatic birds that live in the snow-capped regions of the earth. Since they are hefty and have strong bones, they cannot fly. Nevertheless, they have wings called flippers. To know the uses of a pair of penguin flippers read on...

Penguin Habitat: What do Penguins Eat?
Found mainly in the Southern Hemisphere, the numbers of penguin species seen are mind-boggling! Here’s a look at penguin habitats and the kind of life led by these aquatic birds.

Different Types of Penguins
Need to know all about the different types of penguins? Read on to know all about the different types of penguins that belong to various species.

Emperor Penguins
The largest of the family, Emperor penguins are known to be the only species that reproduce in the harsh winters. Here are some facts about Emperor penguins and their behavioral patterns.

Penguin Facts
The penguin is an interesting creature which lives in the Antartica. Here are some facts about it.

Oil-Covered Penguins Cleaned Up, Returned to the Ocean
Dozens of penguins were returned to the ocean this week after being rescued from an oil spill in May.

Far-off Food Puts Vast Penguin Colony Under Threat
Growing distance between nesting and feeding sites reduces chances of breeding successfully, say researchers

Penguins continue to waddle into the heart of pop culture
Penguins are popular around the world primarily for their unusually upright, waddling pace, their magnificent swimming ability, and lack of fear of humans.

Pick Up a Penguin? Not This One You Wouldn't
Evidence of giant bird found by fossil hunters - Creature may have used 18cm beak as spear

Seals' Huge Appetite Puts Penguin Lives at Risk
Wildlife in the Antarctic needs to feed on the shrimp-like krill, but stocks are under major threat.

Females Flown in to P-p-p-pick Up 'gay' Penguins
They are called Charley, Left-Arrow, Diagonal-Line and Six-Point. The four female penguins at Bremerhaven Zoo in Germany are at the centre of debate after being brought in to tempt "gay" male penguins.

Zoo's 'gay' Penguins Give Females the Bird
They are called Charley, Left-Arrow, Diagonal-Line and Six-Point. The four female penguins at Bremerhaven Zoo in Germany are at the centre of debate after being brought in to tempt "gay" male penguins.

Found: Peter the Publicity-shy Penguin
An African penguin which vanished four years ago after becoming a wildlife celebrity for surviving an oil spill has been found on Robben Island. Peter, the bird world's equivalent of Lord Lucan, was spotted on rocks on Nelson Mandela's former island jail off the coast of Cape Town, it...

Fury As Dealer Picks Up 240 Wild Penguins
Penguins from a remote South Atlantic island are in the unlikely position of being at the centre of an international row threatening to embarrass the Foreign Office.

Saving the penguins
Problems with penguins bring the Falkland Islands leaping back to the rest of the world's attention, because the comical birds are generally seen as the remote archipelago's only truly international asset.

Penguins Die in Epidemic
The most famous symbol of the Falkland Islands, the waiter-like gentoo penguin, has been hit by an unidentified malaise which has killed thousands and left many partially paralysed. Health authorities in the South Atlantic islands are dealing daily with reports of the black and white...