Video shows a wayward penguin swimming and diving among beachgoers along Brazil’s most iconic shoreline. It might be ...

Photo / Jill Worrall A sleek Magellanic penguin native to the far-southern reaches of South America has been seen zipping ...

Emperor penguin chicks face a tough challenge at just six months old. Their parents leave them to fend for themselves, and ...

Every January, emperor penguin chicks travel to the ocean for their first swim. A rare phenomenon was caught on camera by National Geographic showing chicks jumping from a 50-foot cliff into water.

A penguin’s body is the very definition of streamlining. Their torpedo-shaped form cuts through the water with minimal resistance, allowing them to reach speeds of up to 15 miles per hour.

They are flightless but fearless. Scores of baby penguins bravely dove off a massive 50-foot cliff for their first-ever swim in the icy Antarctic waters below, incredible new footage shows. Award ...

Waddling towards the water, which is kept at a cool 9 deg C, and he dives head first into one of two 7m-deep diving tanks. ... Penguin Cove has a much larger body of water than its predecessor.

King penguins have been known to dive over 300 metres in freezing water. ( AAD: James Doube ) The team also found genes that enable penguins to survive low-oxygen levels, helpful for when they are ...

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