The Peril of Microplastics Microplastics are tiny pollutants ranging from 1 micron to less than 5 millimeters. They are now ...

Marley, a northern rockhopper penguin at Moody Gardens' Aquarium Pyramid, is one of three finalists in Penguin International's March of the Penguin Madness.

One of the smaller penguin species, the Galapagos Penguin is unique for being the only penguin ... and predation by introduced species. Their diet mainly consists of small fish and squid hunting in ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

The black and white Galapagos Penguins landed on the endangered species list in 2000 after the population plummeted to only a few hundred individuals Most live on the archipelago's westernmost ...

A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement Friday, the zoo said it is "overjoyed" at the ...

A new study has discovered that birds in the Galápagos Islands are changing their behavior due to traffic noise, with those frequently exposed to vehicles showing heightened levels of aggression.

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania — A pair of critically endangered, nearly 100-year-old Galapagos tortoises at the Philadelphia Zoo have become first-time parents. In an announcement on Friday ...

Mommy, a Western Santa Cruz tortoise, recently welcomed four hatchlings at the Philadelphia Zoo, where she has lived since 1932. By Sopan Deb Congratulations are in order for Mommy, a Galápagos ...