More than 200 penguin chicks have died in the Falklands Islands as a lethal strain of bird flu whips through the South Atlantic. The highly infectious H5N1 variant, which has killed millions of birds ...

Visitors to the Philadelphia Zoo can once again view some of their favorite feathered friends after months-long absences. Bird species – including Humboldt penguins, Caribbean flamingos, emus and ...

The yellow-eyed penguin, or hoiho, has been crowned New Zealand’s Bird of the Year for 2024, securing 6,328 votes for its second win in the popular annual competition. The hoiho, considered the ...

Animal welfare campaigners have called for the release of 15 penguins "trapped in a basement without sunlight or fresh air" ...

DENVER (CBS4) – A bird keeper at the Denver Zoo traveled to South Africa to help save penguins endangered in their native habitat. She traveled across the globe as part of a program the zoo offers its ...

Calls have been made for 15 penguins, some of which were moved from Edinburgh Zoo, to be released after they endured years of ...

The amazing thing about filming penguins in the wild, “Secrets of the Penguins” cinematographer Bertie Gregory tells Variety, is that since the big birds don’t have land-based predators, humans can ...

Baltimore, MD (WHTM) The Bird Curator at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been appointed to lead a national breeding and population management initiative for Spheniscus demersus, better known (and ...

Dead gentoo penguins tested positive for the virus, and at least one suspected case has been reported in king penguins. By Emily Anthes A highly lethal form of bird flu has been detected in Antarctic ...

Zoo Knoxville is closing its African penguin exhibit and sending its four remaining birds to Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg. The penguins will be moved to Gatlinburg in September.