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.
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Cheating little penguins are big on divorce, and other breeding secrets revealed
A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have more offspring in the long run if they find better mates, a new study finds.
Meet 'small diver': One of the tiniest penguins ever discovered
A tiny extinct penguin from New Zealand is key to understanding penguin wing evolution, researchers say.
4 never-before-seen emperor penguin colonies discovered in Antarctica, thanks to poop smears spotted from space
A scientist scoured satellites for signs of unreported Emperor penguin colonies and made a shocking discovery.
Mass die-off strikes endangered emperor penguin chicks across 4 of 5 West Antarctica colonies
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.
Adorable extinct penguin was one of the smallest of its kind to ever walk Earth, tiny skull fossils reveal
The newfound extinct species is remarkably similar to the living "little penguin," which only weighs around 2 pounds.
Largest penguin ever discovered weighed a whopping 340 pounds, fossils reveal
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.
Hidden, never-before-seen penguin colony spotted from space
Satellite photos showing poop stains in the West Antarctic snow and ice have revealed a previously unknown breeding colony of emperor penguins.
Emperor penguins join threatened species list, thanks to climate change
The world's largest penguins have joined the threatened species list.
