Scientists have made a brand-new discovery of a penguin species after genetic analysis revealed an entirely new category of ...

Researchers used DNA analysis to identify a new gentoo penguin species in the remote Kerguelen Islands.

Genetic evidence has revealed a previously unknown gentoo penguin species on the remote Kerguelen Islands and shown that ...

Penguins may seem like one of the easier animals to identify. They have their familiar black-and-white feathers, waddling ...

Last week, several news outlets reported that a new penguin species had been discovered on the Kerguelen Islands, one of the most remote places on Earth. For instance, BBC Wildlif ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Gentoo penguins are notoriously difficult to study due to their remote habitats spread across the South Pacific. A new study, which aims to settle ...

Avian flu, overfishing, and a super El Niño have decimated Peru’s largest colony of Humboldt penguins. Scientists are holding ...

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New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by ...

The new species, named Pygoscelis kerguelensis, lives on the remote Kerguelen Islands, in the Indian Ocean, around 1,200 ...

A penguin from the remote Kerguelen Islands has been identified as a new species, more than 100 years after scientists first ...