Penguins
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Penguins are aquatic, flightless birds. They lay eggs, have feathers and yet are powerful swimmers. Emperor penguins can stay underwater up to 30 minutes, in essence flying underwater. They live in the Southern Hemisphere, including Antarctica and New Zealand. LiveScience.com has penguin pictures, feature article and news of the latest penguin discoveries.
Latest about Penguins
![An artist reconstruction of Pakudyptes, which is one of the smallest penguins on record.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Df778yKzPMhuxMDrYNWNqE-320-80.png)
Meet 'small diver': One of the tiniest penguins ever discovered
By Patrick Pester published
A tiny extinct penguin from New Zealand is key to understanding penguin wing evolution, researchers say.
![Antarctica, Weddell Sea, Snow Hill Island, Emperor Penguins Aptenodytes forsteri, Adult Penguins Trying To Kidnap Chick.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/4ejoppULjrb5LaQBUuLSHJ-320-80.jpg)
4 never-before-seen emperor penguin colonies discovered in Antarctica, thanks to poop smears spotted from space
By Kiley Price published
A scientist scoured satellites for signs of unreported Emperor penguin colonies and made a shocking discovery.
![Two emperor penguin chicks groom themselves in melting ice.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/MFEtk4QEAUySrERE55J4z9-320-80.jpg)
Mass die-off strikes endangered emperor penguin chicks across 4 of 5 West Antarctica colonies
By Sascha Pare published
Out of five known emperor penguin colonies in the Bellingshausen Sea region of western Antarctica, four have failed to breed this year as chicks likely drowned in the melting sea ice.
![A drawing of two tiny penguins](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/VDmkV47hb6qoKbXWiFUfRS-320-80.jpg)
Adorable extinct penguin was one of the smallest of its kind to ever walk Earth, tiny skull fossils reveal
By Harry Baker published
The newfound extinct species is remarkably similar to the living "little penguin," which only weighs around 2 pounds.
![An artist's reconstruction of what Kumimanu fordycei and Petradyptes stonehousei may have looked like.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Fwi8eNhqJf5vhtKd9uReDT-320-80.jpg)
Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils reveal
By Harry Baker published
Researchers in New Zealand have unearthed fossils from two previously unknown ancient penguin species. One of the new species is the largest penguin ever discovered.
![This photo shows hundreds of empire penguins standing on a snowy hill near the water in Antarctica.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/zRMbv6nr7BTXyEzRQmyfwZ-320-80.jpg)
Hidden, never-before-seen penguin colony spotted from space
By Tom Metcalfe published
Satellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.
![A young emperor penguin chick sits on the feet of an adult penguin, nestled into its belly](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/tKSUSeqUT38CAt9cwrpGYk-320-80.jpg)
Emperor penguins join threatened species list, thanks to climate change
By Nicoletta Lanese published
The world's largest penguins have joined the threatened species list.
![A pair of erect-crested penguins in their New Zealand habitat.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2F5RhoQaBkmv5ynwpreKPo-320-80.jpg)
In 'bizarre behavior,' New Zealand penguins lay one egg, reject it, and then lay another. Now, scientists know why.
By Jennifer Nalewicki published
They're one of the only bird species to do this.
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