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'Gay' Penguins to Be Split Up at Zoo
A pair of "gay" penguins will be split up by the Toronto Zoo so that they can have chicks—with females. The so-far inseparable males “will be put in with a specific female so they have the chance to...
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Female Splits Up 'Gay' Penguins
The penguin love affair dubbed "Brokeback Iceberg" by Jimmy Kimmel is now definitely over. Pedro and Buddy, the "gay" African penguins the Toronto Zoo decided to split up last month , are now both more...
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Heat's On: 36% of Penguin Colony Decimated
More than a third of a major Antarctic penguin colony has been decimated, and researchers believe it's due to warmer temperatures and disappearing ice and food. The colony of chinstrap penguins relies...
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Mass Penguin Die-Off in Brazil
Wildlife experts are concerned and investigating after 512 Magellanic penguins washed up dead across 65 miles of the Brazilian coast, reports the Merco Press . Further worrying veterinarians is that...
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Explained: Why Penguins Can't Fly
Wouldn't the March of the Penguins have been a whole lot easier as Flight of the Penguins ? Perhaps—but if penguins were able to fly, they might have to give up their incredible swimming ability,...
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Penguins' Unlikely Savior: Dogs
Things got so bad for the penguins on Australia's Middle Island that one researcher counted all of four just seven years ago, down from a peak of 1,500. The problem, as the New Zealand Herald explains,...
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Study: Climate Change Killing Penguins
Researchers who have spent nearly 30 years studying a major penguin colony on the coast of Argentina say climate change is taking a real toll on the animals, reports LiveScience . In their study...
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Emperor Penguins Marching Toward Peril
The iconic Emperor penguin is now marching toward its own demise thanks to climate change, according to the first study to assess the creature's long-term chances. An international team of scientists...
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Fossil Find: Penguins the Size of NBA Players
At 90 pounds, the emperor penguin has earned the title of World's Biggest Penguin—but it once had a relative that could have blown it out of the proverbial water. Researchers have discovered fossils of...
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Seals Busted Having Sex With ... Penguins
Scientists are documenting "sexual coercion" in the Antarctic, and it's probably not anything like what one might think: Young male Antarctic fur seals, it seems, have been documented having sex with...
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Australia's Oldest Guy Knits Sweaters—for Penguins
When Alfred "Alfie" Date moved into a new retirement home on the New South Wales Central Coast last year, his reputation preceded him. But it wasn't his title of Australia's oldest person that the...
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Penguins Can't Taste the Fish They Eat
Penguins, it seems, can't really taste their dinners. They aren't able to pick up on sweetness, bitterness, or a meaty flavor known as umami, a study finds. Instead, they can only taste sourness and...
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To Avoid Falling on Ice, Do as Penguins Do
If anyone's an expert at walking in icy conditions, it's penguins—so it only makes sense that we should follow their example to stay safe. An infographic from Tablet explains it: Prevent slipping by...
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How One Aquarium Is Helping Penguins Get Frisky
The New England Aquarium wants its endangered African penguins to get a little steamy. Aquarium experts are playing matchmaker behind the scenes to encourage eight pairs of African penguins to breed...
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Iceberg Crashes Into Antarctica, Kills 150K Penguins
Penguins have been recorded living at Cape Denison in Antarctica's Commonwealth Bay for 100 years, the Guardian reports. But their time could be nearly up. According to CNN , 150,000 penguins in the...
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150K 'Dead' Penguins Might Just Be Chilling Elsewhere
Troubled by the apparent deaths of 150,000 penguins since a Rhode Island-sized iceberg crashed into Antarctica in 2010? Good news: There might be an alternative explanation for their disappearance. No...
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7 Penguins Mysteriously Drowned at Canadian Zoo
Employees at the Calgary Zoo made a horrifying discovery Thursday morning: seven dead Humboldt penguins, all apparently drowned in a 3-feet-deep pool. "Everybody here is pretty shaken up by it," animal...
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Use of Actual Penguins at NHL Game Rankles PETA
The zoo calls it an "enrichment experience" for penguins, but PETA thinks it amounts to "shy animals terrorized." Such is the controversy over the NHL's decision to put live penguins on the ice before...
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There Are Millions More Penguins Than We Thought
In a rare bit of good news in the animal conservation world, scientists say they vastly lowballed the penguin population on Antarctica. The off-base estimate pertains to Adelie penguins—that's the...
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In Colony Where 36K Penguins Mated, Just 2 Chicks Survived
About 18,000 breeding pairs of Adélie penguins mated on Petrels Island in Antarctica this year. Two chicks survived. Two. "It’s more like ‘Tarantino does Happy Feet ,' with dead penguin chicks strewn...
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