Befitting their name, king penguins cut an impressive figure in the seabird court. As tall as three feet and weighing an average of 30 pounds, they are the second largest penguin, after the emperor.

It is thought there are as many as 17 to 20 different species of penguin. For example, Gentoo penguins, King penguins, Adelie penguins, Magellanic penguins, Banded penguins, Emperor penguins ...

A female king penguin in Britain’s only breeding colony for the species is actually a male, keepers have discovered after eight years. The true sex of Maggie, now known as Magnus, was uncovered ...

A penguin living in a Gloucestershire park has been renamed after it was found she was actually male. Ten-year-old king penguin ‘Maggie’, of Birdland Park and Gardens, Gloucestershire ...

From going viral in mid-2024 to transforming from a fluffy chick into a majestic king penguin, Pesto's first year has been truly eventful. Pesto was born on Wednesday, January 31, 2024 ...

As the Falkland Islands are a mere 750 miles of the nearest point of Antarctica, it is here where many penguin species make their home. Featured on the first coin appropriately, is the King ...

The Falkland Islands are one of the world's great penguin capitals: as many as a million penguins nest in the Falklands every summer, representing five of the world’s seventeen species – King ...