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NASA publishes 'Penguin and Egg' image of merging galaxies
Jul 16, 2024This impressive astronomical spectacle happens to bear a resemblance to a particular flightless seabird.
Mystery as thousands of dead penguins wash up in Uruguay
Jul 25, 2023Scientists have been struggling to determine what has been causing the birds to wash up along the shoreline en masse.
Mystery as headless penguins wash up on beaches in Australia
Apr 29, 2022Scientists have been left scratching their heads by this perplexing and disturbing phenomenon.
Yellow penguin spotted in the South Atlantic
Feb 20, 2021An unusual penguin with some unique coloration has been photographed on a remote island near Antarctica.
Penguins can fire their own droppings over 4ft
Jul 8, 2020If there's one place you don't want to stand, it's within around 4ft of the back of a Humboldt penguin.
Giant extinct penguin was the size of a human
Aug 15, 2019Palaeontologists have identified the fossil remains of an enormous species of penguin that lived in New Zealand.
Ultra-rare penguin caught on film in Antarctica
VIDEO Feb 19, 2019This emperor penguin recorded for a BBC documentary is almost entirely black due to a rare genetic mutation.
Scientists solve mummified penguins mystery
Sep 12, 2018Hundreds of mummified penguins dating back up to 750 years were found in Antarctica's Long Peninsula in 2016.
Mysterious decline hits king penguin colony
Aug 1, 2018It has been discovered that a colony of 500,000 breeding pairs has been reduced to just 60,000 within 35 years.
New penguin 'supercolony' found in Antarctica
VIDEO Mar 2, 2018Scientists have discovered a huge colony of over 1.5 million rare penguins on a remote Antarctic island.
Man-sized penguin fossil found in New Zealand
Dec 12, 2017The remains of an enormous prehistoric penguin have been found on a beach to the south of Christchurch.
Chinese zoo under fire over inflatable animals
VIDEO Dec 5, 2017Visitors to China's Guishan Zoo found little more than some farm animals and a pen full of inflatable penguins.
Fossil of ancient giant penguin unearthed
Feb 27, 2017This newly described species of penguin is thought to have walked the Earth over 60 million years ago.
Giant 6ft penguins once roamed the Earth
Aug 3, 2014Scientists have uncovered the fossil remains of an enormous penguin that was the size of an adult human.
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