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

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 ...

Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now aged eight, came to international attention in 2018 when they built a pebble nest together in the hope of raising chicks at their home in the ...

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 ...

Sphen the gentoo penguin - one half of a world-famous same-sex "power couple" - has died in Australia, aged 11. He and his partner Magic shot to global stardom in 2018 when they fell in love at ...

Campaigners have called for the release of captive penguins held in a London aquarium's "dungeon" enclosure without daylight or fresh air. The colony of 15 Gentoo penguins is being housed in a ...

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 ...

Three gentoo penguin babies were born at Ocean Park earlier this month, and will become the latest animal ambassadors for the Hong Kong theme park. The three babies are in good health ...