The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the ...

Penguins' wings have evolved over the years into flippers, more suited to swimming the seas than soaring the skies. Gentoo penguins can reach speeds of up to 22.4mph (36 kmp/h) when swimming!

Today is World Penguin Day, a special day in which the Adelie penguin supposedly begins its annual northward migration to Antarctica. In celebration, here are five fabulous facts about these ...