Penguins are flightless birds found primarily on the coasts and islands of Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. Out of 18 penguin species, only one, the Galapagos penguin, ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem.

Wildlife conservation efforts in the Patagonia region of Argentina have been so successful that rebounding populations of pumas have found an unexpected new main source of prey: Magellanic penguins.

Pumas in southern Patagonia have discovered an unexpected new food source in the dense colonies of Magellanic penguins, and the shift is rewriting what scientists thought they knew about big cat ...

Penguins, it seems, can't really taste their dinners. They aren't able to pick up on sweetness, bitterness, or a meaty flavor known as umami, a study finds. Instead, they can only taste sourness and ...