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 ...

The Milwaukee County Zoo announced the hatching of a Gentoo penguin on Dec. 17.The chick hatched to its parents, Fiona and Oscar. It doesn't have a name yet, and its sex will be determined by a blood ...

Southern Rockhoppers, as you might guess, don’t waddle like other penguins. Instead, they hop — jumping from rock to rock along the shores of the islands where they live. According to National ...

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2023 – Penguins aren’t just cute: they’re also speedy. Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated ...

Twenty gentoo penguins have arrived at the Detroit Zoo from an aquarium in California! Ten females and ten males will soon call the Polk Penguin Conservation Center their home when it is completed.

Omaha's Henry Doorly Zoo is introducing four Gentoo penguin chicks who will enter their habitat in the Suzanne and Water Scott Aquarium on Wednesday.The chicks came from two pairs of adults. The zoo ...

New penguin colonies have been discovered in the Antarctic as rising temperatures linked to the climate crisis cause birds to move further south. Researchers discovered a new colony of gentoo penguins ...

Adélie penguins have been breeding on the West Antarctic Peninsula for centuries, but the region is one of the fastest warming places on Earth. Over the last couple of decades, this changing climate ...

It's about as close to Antarctica as you'll get in Springfield, Missouri. And on Saturday, you'll be able to get within squawking distance of one of Antarctica's most popular residents — Gentoo ...

Among a colony of black and white penguins with bright orange beaks in Antarctica is one animal that stands boldly apart from the rest. Scientists have discovered that one of the penguins is almost ...

Gentoo penguins should be reclassified as four separate species, scientists have said. Researchers from the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath analysed the genetic and physical ...

In a fight between a pipsqueak and a giant, the giant should always win, right? Well, a battle between an underwater David and Goliath has revealed that sometimes the little guy can come out on top.