Scientists are calling for a shake-up of the penguin kingdom, saying the gentoo penguin is four species, not one. According to new evidence, the birds are slightly different in shape and size ...

There are around 500 breeding pairs of gentoo penguins in Port ... surrounded only by penguins and icebergs silently floating in the channel. "It was just incredible," she says.

A penguin whose gay partner died broke into song – prompting his whole colony to follow suit. Sphen, an 11-year-old Gentoo ...

The Islands have the largest gentoo population in the world and second in Rockhopper penguins (Photo: S. Jaffray) According to the most recent count in the Falklands, the number of Gentoo penguin ...

Whereas top-level athletes can swim at 8 kph or so, the speed of gentoo penguins--the fastest penguin variety--is known to reach more than 30 kph. The penguins’ secret lies in the motion of ...

What’s more, for the Gentoo, the Falklands are home to the largest population on Earth. Of the known species of penguins, the largest are the emperor penguins, which live mostly in Antarctica ...