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).

Each of the zoo’s penguins has their own personality, Brown said, whether it’s the way they eat, or something more amusing, like a penguin named Thor who showed a penchant for retrieving nesting rocks ...

A rookery of Southern rockhopper penguins nests between a rocky slope and a tussac grassland. The penguins bring in nutrients from the ocean directly to the grasses at the Kidney Island National ...

The southern rockhopper subspecies breeds on the Falkland Islands and in southern Chile and southern Argentina. The eastern rockhopper penguin breeds on Prince Edward Island and the Marion Islands in ...

Soon after, the African penguin was listed as endangered and the New Zealand-Australia populations of the southern rockhopper penguin were listed as threatened. After another Center petition, in 2014 ...

The southern Rockhopper penguin has shorter feathers around its head. The coins were part of a set that featured a King, Gentoo, Magellanic and Rockhopper penguins. But a fault in the design on ...

Falkland Islands are nesting sites for five of the 18 species of penguin - King, Gentoo, Southern Rockhopper, Magellanic and Macaroni April 25 is World Penguin Day, from the impressive 1.2m tall ...

An adorable and fuzzy pair of baby penguins are the latest additions to Galveston's Moody Gardens. Both chinstrap penguin chicks hatched on Jan. 9, just in time for National Penguin Awareness Day on ...