For king penguins, there may be nothing sexier than a nice beak. The species, one of the biggest of the penguins, come onshore to find mates and breed in large colonies, and are monogamous throughout ...

Four new fossil species from New Zealand illustrate the striking diversity of the earliest penguins, which possessed long, dagger-like beaks they may have used to skewer prey. The new discoveries ...

Modern penguins have relatively short beaks, which they use to scoop up krill, fish, squid and other marine creatures. But that wasn’t always the case. Fossils from New Zealand suggest early penguins ...

Remarkable new fossil discoveries in New Zealand are driving a significant reassessment of our understanding of the early evolution of penguins. We know Antarctica was home to at least 10 species, ...

Some seabirds might have a ‘sixth sense’ at the end of their beak, new research reveals. Getting a better understanding of the bill-tip in penguins and albatrosses might provide new ways to protect ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Many animals (potentially including humans) ...

Remarkable new fossil discoveries in New Zealand are driving a significant reassessment of our understanding of the early evolution of penguins. Subscribe to our newsletter for the latest sci-tech ...

An artist's interpretation of what early penguins in New Zealand might have looked like Canterbury Museum and Tom Simpson under CC BY-SA 4.0 Modern penguins have relatively short beaks, which they use ...