Laura McChesney and her husband Craig McChesney were watching penguins swim at the ABQ BioPark Zoo when they spotted two gentoo penguins giving some love to their fluffy-feathered baby. “It’s so cute, ...

The image most people have of penguins is how they look on land — wearing their flightlessness as a burden for all to see, along with those smart little dinner jackets of theirs. Yet the first time ...

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 ...

PITTSBURGH — For the first time in a generation, the Pittsburgh Penguins’ prospect pool isn’t an organizational afterthought. Real players with real talent are on their way to Pittsburgh as the team’s ...

Sometimes, the best thing for a penguin is to go with the flow. Magellanic penguins change their strategy for navigating home based on the strength of ocean currents, researchers report July 17 in ...

According to the aquarium, the penguins were reared for the first 50 days of their life before employees took over feeding and training duties. Before the big plunge, the chicks slowly acclimated to ...

Aliza Chasan is a Digital Content Producer for "60 Minutes" and CBSNews.com. She has previously written for outlets including PIX11 News, The New York Daily News, Inside Edition and DNAinfo. Aliza ...

Dana M Bergstrom is affiliated with the Pure Antarctic Foundation, a group of scientists and artists interested in communicating science and knowledge to the broader community. When winter comes to ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In Antarctica, penguin poop, or guano, can cover the ground for miles, especially around penguin colonies with thousands of individuals. In fact, ...

SeaWorld Orlando visitors can come face-to-face with emperor penguins later this week, the theme park confirms. The birds, native to Antarctica, will become available to the public Saturday, although ...

Ten of thousands of penguins, clustered together on the Antarctic Peninsula, can produce some potent stenches. Now, scientists have found that all that waste could be powerful enough to cool the ...