Million Years Ago 'Monster' Penguins the Size of an Average Human Dominated New Zealand’s Seas Sixty million years ago, a towering creature once loitered through the waters of New Zealand, a ‘monster’ ...

Because of its size, this species has been dubbed the “Colossus penguin.” Scientists were able to estimate the size of this giant bird by comparing and scaling sizes of bones to modern-day ...

“But most of all, I think it is simply just cool to get a look at the colour of a remarkable extinct organism, such as a giant fossil penguin.” The researchers say that the find, together with ...

In the rich waters of South Africa's coasts, 6 key breeding colonies of the African penguin are now no-go zones for ...

With more than three quarters of known penguin species now extinct, the researchers also included in their analysis 50 fossil species using skeletal data. Giant Panda’s false thumb developed at ...

For the country which is already host to the discovery of a bunch of bird fossils — like the world’s largest parrot, the giant eagle, burrowing bats and the moa — a penguin the size of a ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by ...