An emperor penguin journeyed over 2,000 miles from Antarctica to an Australian beach, marking a possible first for the species on the continent.

The penguin appeared Nov. 1 on Ocean Beach in Denmark, a town in western Australia, and was spotted by a beachgoer, according to a statement provided to USA TODAY by the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions. Belinda Cannell, a research ...

An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday.

Rescuers are trying to rehabilitate an emperor penguin that came ashore some 2,000 miles from its natural habitat, and what comes next is "still being worked through."

An emperor penguin is being cared for by wildlife experts after becoming the first member of its species to make the 2,200-mile trek from Antarctica to Australia.

"There was this big bird in the water, and we thought it was another sea bird, but then it kept coming closer to the shore–and it was way too big–and it just stood up and waddled right over to us," Aaron Fowler,

An emperor penguin named Gus was found far from home on a beach in Denmark, Australia, marking the first sighting of its kind in the country.

A malnourished emperor penguin appeared on a beach in Australia, thousands of miles from its home in Antarctica. Wildlife experts rescued the bird and took it to a rehabilitation center.

An emperor penguin is in recovery after swimming from Antarctica to Australia — a journey of over 2,000 miles. The bird was discovered on a tourist beach on the country's southwest coast on Nov. 1, according to a government statement obtained by the Associated Press.