Once thought to mate for life, more penguins seem to be setting out in search of new partners come breeding season. Here’s ...

The world’s smallest penguins are participating in “hanky-panky” outside their partnerships, researchers said.

For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins in the wild. But when he saw them in a BBC documentary, rocketing ...

WASHINGTON— Following a petition and lawsuit from the Center for Biological Diversity, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today proposed the emperor penguin for protection under the Endangered Species ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today granted the emperor penguin protection under the Endangered Species Act because of threats from sea-ice loss driven by the climate crisis. The ...

Penguins love a cuddle! Or rather, a huddle, which keeps them warm and safe from predators. Penguins are great divers, Emperor Penguins can dive 530 meters deep. Not only are they great swimmers ...