Interestingly, the very thing penguins can help control is also one of their biggest threats. New research uncovers stunning ...

The gases in penguin poop–or guano–can help form cooling clouds. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Search for: ...

Penguin pair Wotsit and Peach laid two of the eggs that hatched this year, according to the zoo. Experts at the zoo shared ...

Penguins might be doing more for the planet than we thought when it comes to fighting climate change.According to new research, the clouds around Antarctica could be fueled by penguin poop.

Penguins are champion power nappers. Over the course of a single day, they fall asleep thousands of times, each bout a few seconds long, a new study has found.

Penguins can’t fly.And while their wings may seem to be purely decorative, these appendages actually play a larger role in their evolutionary history. A fossil penguin species named Pakudyptes ...

Protest penguins. On Saturday, as thousands of people joined the March for Science worldwide, a group of penguins waddled in solidarity at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.

So a study published in Science this past week found that chinstrap penguins, during breeding season, utilize microsleep, which is seconds long, to get over 11 hours of sleep a day.

"Colonial breeders such as penguins may be monogamous, in that they have one mate with whom they nest and raise chicks each season," Marks told Live Science. "But that doesn't mean there aren't ...

An artist’s concept of Kumimanu and Petradyptes penguins on an ancient New Zealand beach. The larger of the two weighed almost 350 pounds and is the heaviest penguin known to science.

Lucas is a 4-year-old African penguin that lives at the San Diego Zoo in California. Unlike his Hollywood counterpart from Happy Feet, he doesn't dance, but he has had a big upgrade in his ...