Penguins, it seems, can't really taste their dinners. They aren't able to pick up on sweetness, bitterness, or a meaty flavor known as umami, a study finds. Instead, they can only taste sourness and ...

African penguins increasingly overlap with fishing boats as anchovy numbers drop, raising competition in the small prey pockets.

During years of scarce fish, African penguins crowd into the same areas as commercial fishing vessels, heightening ...

The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus) is critically endangered due to environmental changes and human activity, both of ...

Researchers from the University of Copenhagen discovered that feces from king penguins emits a lot of laughing gas. Large amounts of laughing gas or nitrous oxide is released via their poop due to ...