Today's adorable penguins waddle across kids' cartoons as comic relief. The cute cold-weather bird is a pitchman for everything from vodka to hockey. But in ancient times, you wouldn't want meet one ...
Photograph of an Adélie penguin breeding colony, Edmonson Point, Antarctica. Adélie penguin nests consist of a shallow scrape, pebbles, and bones. Credit: Carlo Baroni and Maria Cristina Salvatore, ...
Fossils of animals from the past are very helpful for scientists and researchers as they reveal a lot about life on Earth hundreds of years ago. They give us an idea about how certain species evolved ...
Scientists have discovered a new “monster” penguin species, which lived 57 million years ago and was three times the size of its predecessors alive today. Kumimanu is an existing genus, which means ...
NEW YORK-Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size of the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The creature was slightly shorter in length ...
WASHINGTON - Some ancient penguins may have been twice as big as today's Emperor penguin but they lacked the dashing tuxedo. Researchers have unearthed remains of a nearly 5-foot-tall penguin that ...
Penguins weren't always the petite, tuxedo-sporting birds we know and love today. Once, giant penguins the size of humans reigned supreme. But how did they evolve into the creatures living in ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Some ancient penguins may have been twice as big as today's Emperor penguin but they lacked the dashing tuxedo. Researchers unearthed remains of a nearly 5-foot-tall penguin that ...
Global temperature changes have been an important driver of penguin evolution, a new study suggests. Researchers mapped penguin evolution and identified traits that helped them survive. Modern ...
Penguins are objectively adorable animals. The flappy little buddies waddle around on stubby feet, and some even like to be tickled. Their chicks are basically cute fluffballs made of fat and charisma ...
NEW YORK (AP) -- Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size of the captain of the Pittsburgh Penguins. The creature was slightly shorter in ...