More than 200 penguin chicks have died in the Falklands Islands as a lethal strain of bird flu whips through the South Atlantic. The highly infectious H5N1 variant, which has killed millions of birds ...

The amazing thing about filming penguins in the wild, “Secrets of the Penguins” cinematographer Bertie Gregory tells Variety, is that since the big birds don’t have land-based predators, humans can ...

Baltimore, MD (WHTM) The Bird Curator at the Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has been appointed to lead a national breeding and population management initiative for Spheniscus demersus, better known (and ...

Dead gentoo penguins tested positive for the virus, and at least one suspected case has been reported in king penguins. By Emily Anthes A highly lethal form of bird flu has been detected in Antarctic ...

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More than 450 African penguins, an IUCN-listed endangered animal, have died in an outbreak of bird flu on three islands off the coast of Namibia. The virus, H5N8, is thought to have been introduced to ...

Zoo Knoxville is closing its African penguin exhibit and sending its four remaining birds to Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies in Gatlinburg. The penguins will be moved to Gatlinburg in September.

Citing the threat of bird flu, the Lehigh Valley Zoo announced Monday it is taking some animals indoors and off exhibit. That means visitors won’t get to see the species affected until further notice, ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — It’s noisy, smelly, shy — and New Zealand’s bird of the year. The hoiho, or yellow-eyed penguin, won the country’s fiercely fought avian election on Monday, offering ...