A British zoo said it is down to only one female king penguin after a 10-year-old bird who has been living at the facility ...

A female king penguin in Britain’s only breeding colony for the species is actually a male, keepers have discovered after ...

A 'female' king penguin has been given a new name after being misgendered - for eight years. Keepers at Birdland Park & ...

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 ...

Beloved king penguin 'Maggie' has been re-christened 'Magnus', after a DNA test confirmed he is in fact male - following some ...

A ‘female’ king penguin has been given a new name after being misgendered – for eight years. Keepers at Birdland Park & ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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shrimp-like creatures – and are an important food source for King penguins and elephant seals. There are around 250 species of lantern-fish in the oceans, but scientists don’t know how this ...