King penguins are home bodies, and the species does not migrate. But why the colony on Ile aux Cochon has been so decimated remains a mystery. “It is completely unexpected and significant since ...

So it was a big surprise to discover wild leopard seals feeding alongside one another while eating king penguins at South Georgia, a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. On top of this ...

This story appears in the September 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. First comes the Noise, the turbulent din of king penguins calling, fighting, courting, like the ultimate schoolyard ...

Pesto is a King Penguin and King Penguins have many different phases in their life cycle. As they grow up, King Penguins' ...

He ‘looks like he is wearing a brown feather boa over a white tuxedo shirt.' ...

King penguins breed on more temperate islands north of Antarctica The world's largest king penguin colony has shrunk nearly 90% since the 1980s, research suggests. Aerial and satellite images show ...

Pesto the penguin is shedding. Here's what's next for this icon. Pesto the penguin is shedding. Here's what's next for this icon. Seaweed that tastes like bacon, a yellow penguin, and more wonders ...

King penguins breed on many of the sub-Antarctic islands between 45 and 55 degrees South King penguins are in deep trouble if nothing is done to constrain climate change, researchers say.

“As Pesto sheds his juvenile feathers and develops his sleek, waterproof adult plumage, he’s beginning to look more like an ...

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