The Nobel Prize-winning novelist celebrates Zbigniew Herbert, whose defiant work proved that even the darkest times call for ...

Beachgoers in Australia were shocked to see a lone emperor penguin waddling out of the ocean. Somehow, it swam 3,400km from ...

European sailors, upon seeing the great auks of the North Atlantic, dubbed them "penguins" due to their resemblance to the ...

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Pesto the Australian penguin is molting his famous fluffy feathers - The fluffy chick’s chunky form is slimming down as he ...

Pesto the massive king penguin chick has begun his molting process, losing the fluffy brown feathers which defined his look adored the world over on social media.

It's not clear how the juvenile male ended up so far north, but experts suggest he was motivated by his appetite ...

That crazy young penguin," said a University of Washington professor who studies the birds. “This is the furthest north I’ve ...

The viral king penguin chick at Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium is beginning to lose his youthful down, a process that will give ...

Emperor penguins are the world’s largest penguins, known for their iconic looks and “stately demeanor,” according to ...

A lone and lost emperor penguin turned up in a western Australian town, nearly 2,100 miles (3300km) away from its home in ...

With 23 short essays on creatures ranging from the wombat to the spider, Katherine Rundell's new book is essential reading ...