Now a new study in Marine Ecology Progress Series is investigating links between penguins’ diving efficiency, oxygen storage and aerobic capacities, pre-breeding foraging, and breeding statuses.

Most of the penguins seemed to chat with others while they were in the sea, away from their breeding colonies.

baby penguins learning to cliff dive. That all changed recently when Nat Geo photographer Bertie Gregory became the first-ever person to capture this behavior on film. Break out the Kleenex for ...

Finally a hand grabs mine and hauls me into the air. Today’s dive is over—but it’s only one of 32. Emperor penguins head for the open ocean in search of food. The brownish patches above them ...

Diving emperor penguins are shown during a foraging trip from the Cape Washington colony in Antarctica. Please note: this photo is for single use only to illustrate this press release and is not ...

There was much excitement at London Zoo yesterday, as the attraction's penguins were presented with a new diving board inspired by the London Olympics, which is less four months away. ABOVE ...

Penguin feathers are overlaid and waterproofed and there is air trapped underneath, even when they are diving - and that helps to keep them warm. This short film is from the BBC series ...

Penguins first evolved the ability to dive, like a puffin, and subsequently lost the ability to fly as they adapted to an aquatic realm, becoming excellent swimmers and divers. The earliest-known ...