A delightful video captured by Jodi Frediani showcases a group of playful penguins enjoying life in their icy Antarctic habitat. The footage opens with several penguins gathered on a rocky outcrop ...

Get to know these social birds that populate Antarctica and its surrounding seas. Find out about their lives at the bottom of ...

Pablo “Popi” García Borboroglu and Bertie Gregory have been named the 2025 Rolex National Geographic Explorers of the Year. Borboroglu has been an Explorer since receiving the National ...

After Sophia, a Magellanic penguin at the San Francisco Zoo, developed melanoma, veterinarians turned to a dog vaccine in what may be a first for her species.

At first glance, puffins and penguins look like they could be cousins. Both wear the same black-and-white outfit, waddle on ...

A tiny chick barely peeks out of the pouch between its parent’s legs. “As soon as we started filming, we started to see things that had never been filmed before,” wildlife cinematographer and National ...

Pesto, a king penguin of unusually large size, has waddled his way into social media feeds all over the world, forcing pygmy hippo Moo Deng to share the celebrity baby animal spotlight. In the process ...

A precocious and sexually domineering king penguin enlisted for a breeding initiative in an England zoo — and thought to be a female — has turned out to be a boy. Penguin Maggie traveled from Denmark ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Animals such as penguins and frigatebirds have evolved extreme sleep strategies — naps that last a few seconds, ...

An award-winning zoo has announced that a vulnerable animal has hatched. The baby Humboldt penguin is the third offspring of ...