The evolution of penguins from their flying seabird ancestors into the flightless denizens of marine environments from frigid Antarctica to the tropical Galapagos Islands is among the wonders of ...

Divorce rates appear to be a more reliable predictor of the reproductive success of the colony than environmental factors like habitat change or behavioural traits, says researcher Richard Reina.

“Have they specialized themselves into a corner? Yeah, probably.” The study identified various ways in which penguins’ evolution has tracked geological and climatic conditions in the past. For example ...

Like some humans, penguin couples also divorce each other, but it's mostly external factors, triggered by humans, that cause ...

Scientists say the find shows that key features of the plumage were present quite early on in penguin evolution. The team writes in Science journal that the penguin's feathers were brown and grey ...

Little penguins "divorce" their partners to search ... 11 in the journal Ecology and Evolution, found that these divorce rates are a good indicator of the colony's overall health.