Wonders of Wildlife celebrated Reese the gentoo penguin’s 32nd birthday with a cake, banner, and other festivities, and Reese showed off her artistic side by painting canvases.

How penguin feces can help to mitigate climate change Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new research.

Gentoo penguins are even able to swim at 22 miles per hour! Emperor penguins can dive as deep as 565 meters below the surface. The longest dive recorded by an emperor penguin lasted for 32 minutes.

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an evolutionary urge to reach beyond their boundaries. Today, many are ...

The four macaroni penguins will join the almost two dozen gentoo penguins at the aquarium's Penguin Research Station.

Gentoo penguins at Wonders of Wildlife in Springfield, Missouri, enjoyed a rare opportunity to experience snow and cold temperatures outside their enclosure.

We leave you this Sunday morning in snowfall at the bottom of the Earth, with Gentoo penguins in Antarctica. Videographer: Lee McEachern.

These adorable gentoo penguin chicks were caught up close and personal before one decided to take a quick peck at the camera. Lauren Farmer is an expedition leader in the polar tourism industry ...

A new and special outfit has made life a little cozier for an aging penguin named Bridget. The 37-year-old Gentoo penguin, who is housed at the Kansas City Zoo, was struggling to bend down far ...

Sphen, the elder partner in a famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died.

When Magic saw Sphen's body, "he immediately started singing," and other penguins joined in, Renee Howell, the aquarium's penguin keeper, told Australia's ABC broadcaster.

When Sphen died this month at the ripe old age - for a Gentoo penguin in captivity - of nearly 12, Magic looked at his beloved mate and began to sing, setting off the entire penguin colony at Sea ...