"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, ...

Gentoo penguins are the world's fastest swimming birds, clocking in at maximum underwater speeds of up to 36 km/h (about 22 mph). That's because their wings have evolved into flippers ideal for moving ...

On September 18, 2025, in Jiangsu, located in eastern China, a video showed a penguin leaping into the water. It darted across the pool like an arrow shot from a bow. The penguin swiftly turned around ...

A baby penguin chick at the Cincinnati Zoo got their first swim lesson this week.The Cincinnati Zoo posted a video of the their two-month-old little blue penguin chick, Julep, getting their first swim ...

2025 is nearly upon us, and what better way to ring in the New Year than with a quick, frigid dip in the Atlantic Ocean? Here's everything you need to know about Atlantic General Hospital’s upcoming ...

It doesn't show it here (the penguins are taking a siesta break) but RFID is helping to promote swimming. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's Little Blue penguins are swimming more thanks in part ...

Since 2007, the Truxtun Park Penguins have prided themselves on being Anne Arundel County’s most ethnically diverse and accessible swim team. As the only aquatics squad based at a public pool, with ...

Wildlife experts in Australia are caring for a lone emperor penguin that was found on a southern-coast beach earlier this month. The emperor penguin is thousands of miles outside its home range and ...

Keith McCaffrey, Edgewater, makes his remarks in support of Penguins’ swim resolution. Annapolis City Council meeting April 25, 2023. Supporters, swimmers and coaches from the Penguins swim team ...

Penguins have evolved into champion divers and graceful swimmers, but somewhere along the way, they lost the ability to fly. It now looks like birds are built to do one or the other — fly or swim.

In what might seem like a climate change plot twist, some penguins in Antarctica thrive in environments with less sea ice, providing perfect opportunities to travel faster, feed better and ensure the ...