Research represents evidence that the gentoo penguin is actually four genetically distinct species.

The four-foot-tall Emperor penguin of Antarctica may be the most iconic member of this unique family of birds, but 17 other species of penguins populate the Southern Hemisphere, many of them confined ...

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

A rare all-black gentoo penguin has been spotted on Rongé Island, Antarctica. Gentoos typically sport the more traditional tuxedo penguin pattern, but in cases of leucism and melanism, they can get a ...

A new penguin species has been identified after genetic research split gentoo penguins into four separate species across the Southern Ocean.

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way among many that climate change is transforming life at the bottom of the ...

Researchers studied 64 gentoo penguins from colonies across the Falkland/Malvinas Islands, Martillo, South Georgia, Antarctica, Kerguelen, Crozet, Marion and Macquarie. They analysed their genomes and ...

A single, familiar-looking bird has turned out to be four separate species. Researchers led by UC Berkeley’s Rauri Bowie and the University of Chile’s Juliana Vianna and Elie Poulin have named a ...

Gentoo penguins. Credit: Claudia Ulloa The four-foot-tall Emperor penguin of Antarctica may be the most iconic member of this unique family of birds, but 17 other species of penguins populate the ...