Meet the nihilist penguin: the little bird that broke ranks, walked away from the colony, and stole the internet's heart without saying a word. In a world obsessed with productivity, connection, and ...

A group of international researchers announced the discovery of what may have been the largest penguin ever to have lived. Recent fossil findings led to the announcement of Kumimanu fordycei, a new ...

YET another TikTok trend has gone viral, this time featuring a penguin from a 2007 documentary who abandoned its colony. Here’s everything you need to know about the ‘nihilist ...

A curious seagull strolled nonchalantly through the penguin enclosure at a zoo in Paris. It looked harmless enough but the seagull could pose an existential threat to the penguins with a devastating ...

The 52 penguins at the San Francisco Zoo have finally decided they have better things to do than hang around the pool all day, swimming in circles. Now, it's time to hang around the house. They're ...

In one of the most remote and harsh environments on Earth, three penguin species are telling a story that’s about much more ...

Antarctic researchers discovered four new colonies of the near-threatened emperor penguin species via satellite images of the birds' poop Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Penguin poop that is ...

Larry, a veteran king penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, will be 29 years old on Feb. 18. If the day's temperature at 11 a.m. is less than 50 degrees, he will, with his chin up, feet ...

In a viral clip from Werner Herzog’s Antarctic documentary, a lone penguin marching to its doom has become the feathered embodiment of existential rebellion, absurdist freedom and the search for meani ...

A majority of the zoo's birds were recently relocated to indoor shelters. Dr. Carol Bradford, the zoo’s senior veterinarian, said some birds are still open for visitors to see. But their have been ...

"Basically we tried to understand how flapping wings work in the water." This is an Inside Science story. The ancient ancestors of penguins gained their ability to swim at the expense of flight, ...