These adorable gentoo penguin chicks were caught up close and personal before one decided to take a quick peck at the camera. Lauren Farmer is an expedition leader in the polar tourism industry when ...

The Maryland Zoo announced the recent hatch of two endangered African penguin chicks.Zoo officials say despite being a ...

A baby African penguin named Iggie — short for Ignatz Steinhart — survived a successful first-of-its-kind tendon surgery at ...

Melbourne’s 50-pound celebrity chick is molting, revealing adult feathers beneath his iconic brown fluff. Here’s what to expect as he waddles into adulthood.

A UK zoo announced the hatching of two endangered African penguin chicks named after the brothers of the English rock band Oasis. The Hertfordshire Zoo said the baby African penguins hatched in ...

That’s enormous, even by seabird standards. King penguins, the second-largest species of penguin, typically weigh 20 to 30 pounds when they’re fully grown. “He’s officially the largest chick SEA LIFE ...

No more, said the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. One of the academy's endangered African penguin chicks -- part of what the academy called "a recent recent bumper crop of baby ...

The nine-month-old king penguin chick has shot to fame for his 23.5-kilogram (51.8-pound) heft -- the weight of an overstuffed suitcase. Pesto already weighs more than his parents Tango and Hudson ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian ...

Vampire bats in Peru sometimes prey on penguin chicks, but the adult penguins are ready to fight back—with a little help from dirt and even poop.

MELBOURNE, VIC — A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium.