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![A small african penguin holds up a foot as if to take a step while two wildlife specialists crouch behind him on the ground, observing](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/pKgqqfvejscPfJenKbqGrg-320-80.jpg)
This little penguin can waddle easily again thanks to his custom-made boots
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A penguin with bumblefoot improved his waddle with new orthopedic boots.
![An Adélie penguin family.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/G2WMoEKLK68WTMuLS4viqX-320-80.jpg)
Over 60 million years ago, penguins abandoned flight for swimming. Here’s how.
By Stephanie Pappas published
Around the time the dinosaurs died out, penguins became swimmers. New research reveals their aquatic evolution.
![A dead little penguin washed up on a New Zealand beach.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/PsL3QSi3Qh3runy3H33nTg-320-80.jpg)
Hundreds of the world's smallest penguins have mysteriously washed up dead. What killed them?
By Harry Baker published
More than 500 little penguins have washed up dead on New Zealand beaches since May, and scientists aren't exactly sure why.
![ECHO UGV monitoring penguin population](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/Sct8vn2Kcm54juhKpe5cBb-320-80.jpg)
Meet the robot keeping an eye on emperor penguins in Antarctica
By Scott Dutfield published
A rolling robot is helping scientists to observe and record penguin behavior.
![photo of little penguins marching onto phillip island from the water](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GBtsBofdUKbrr93TDkUqun-320-80.jpg)
5,000 of the world's smallest penguins waddle onto Australian beach in record-breaking parade
By Nicoletta Lanese published
A nightly penguin parade takes place on Phillip Island.
![The same-sex penguin pair's new chick.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/GKYR4g9moowRR8NrgQ3cWk-320-80.jpeg)
Same-sex penguins hatch their first chick at New York zoo
By Patrick Pester published
A pair of same-sex penguins have incubated and hatched their first chick at a New York zoo, adding to the list of successful same-sex penguin foster parents.
![Gentoo penguins tend to their chicks on Andersson Island, Antarctica.](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/c5kTgTnwQBChDA5KHxgf7J-320-80.jpg)
Here's why a new penguin colony in Antarctica is cause for concern
By Laura Geggel published
Scientists in Antarctica have unexpectedly spotted a sub-Antarctic penguin breeding on the southernmost continent.
![Screenshot from an underwater video of a Gentoo penguin feasting on sardines in the Beagle Channel, Argentina](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/2rEubp4LASUPe2Hxoyj3Fe-320-80.png)
Spellbinding new 'selfie' video captures penguin feasting on giant sardine ball
By Patrick Pester published
A spellbinding new video captures a Gentoo penguin's point of view as it feasts on a giant ball of sardines alongside diving albatross and cormorants.
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