Blame it on lowered expectations for the umpteenth cartoon starring those commando penguins from “Madagascar,” over-exposed little darlings who stole all those movies and went on to star in their own ...

3. Smallest penguin? The Little Blue Penguin. They stand at only 16 inches. 4. Fastest penguin? The Gentoo Penguin, which can reach swimming speeds up to 22 mph. 5. Penguins ingest a lot of seawater ...

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the world’s ...

It’s always a good time to celebrate the majesty and silliness of penguins. Here’s a rundown of the most fascinating, funny or important penguin facts we could find. 1. Giant penguins once roamed the ...

Penguins are torpedo-shaped, flightless birds that live in the southern regions of the Earth. Though many people imagine a small, black-and-white animal when they think of penguins, these birds ...