Once thought to mate for life, more penguins seem to be setting out in search of new partners come ... [+] breeding season.

A 13-year study of tiny penguins in Australia has dispelled the long-held myth that these seabirds mate for life, with the 'divorce rate' nearly 10 times that of the current statistics for US adults.

Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. I write about the world of biology. Penguins aren’t just found in icy parts of the planet like Antarctica. They're all around the world, ...

Scientists are trying out an alternative bio-indicator – the king penguin – to investigate whether they can be used to monitor the effects of climate change. We are used to hearing about the ...

Scientists from the University of Otago – Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka are hoping their new research technique will help unlock ...

By Laura Baisas Posted on Jan 17, 2025 Relationships can be fickle. Sometimes they just don’t work out, even in penguins that can mate with the same partner for several years. The little ...

It got us wondering, do penguins sweat? There are 18 species of penguin, all of which are native to the Southern Hemisphere. We often associate them with the extremes of cold, which is certainly ...

The emperor penguin is instantly familiar as the star ... give the impression that we have a solid understanding of its biology. We don’t. Almost all of that footage was collected from just ...