A new analysis of old data suggests that the endangered erect-crested penguin's bizarre nesting habits -- rejecting the first egg they lay -- is because they can't feed two chicks, and the second, ...

On the Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific, researchers observed a strange parenting move in erect-crested penguins — laying an egg that’s doomed to die. By Darren Incorvaia In 1998, a team of ...

“The emperor penguin is the largest penguin species on Earth.” The emperor penguin is the largest species of penguin in the world and also one of the most unique. Instead of breeding in the warmer ...

For four years, keepers at Birdland Park and Gardens waited patiently for Maggie, their prized female king penguin, to lay an egg. She kept flirting with the male penguins. There was even mating, ...

From fish smoothies to oral antibiotics, researchers are taking matters into their own hands in a radical effort to save New Zealand’s yellow-eyed penguins After female penguins lay eggs, parents take ...

Penguins of all sorts are beloved birds, known for their quirky appearance and endearing waddle. Macaroni penguins are especially notable for their dashing hairdos and festive name. This particular ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A macaroni penguin born at the Pittsburgh Zoo was named Hatty after she achieved a hat trick of survival. The zoo said when Hatty was an egg, she was discarded by her parents.

As Hurricane Rita hurled violent waves and howling winds at Galveston last week, a penguin at Moody Gardens was unruffled enough to lay an egg inside the glass aquarium pyramid. It is Moody's first ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) — A tiny Humboldt penguin chick came out of its shell recently at the Oregon Zoo. “The little beak came out first,” said Marcus Jason, who oversees the zoo’s penguin habitat.

On the heels of last week’s World Penguin Day, the Detroit Zoo is marking a milestone with the public debut of its newest king penguin chick, Atticus — who weighs a whopping 40 pounds at just 8 months ...