Growing up, emperor penguins were probably one of your favorite animals—the cute, waddling birds always looked somewhat magical against the endless white of Antarctica. But the heartbreaking reality ...

On the frozen plains of Antarctica, emperor penguins begin a breeding cycle that seems almost impossible. As temperatures ...

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.

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

Colchester Zoo said the successful hatching of the chick is great news for the European breeding programme. The chick is also ...

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 ...