“In the past, penguin eggs were a vital food source for Antarctic explorers. Robert Headland, a researcher at the Scott Polar Research Institute, explained to IFL Science that gentoo penguin ...

Both Gentoo parents build a circular nest made of stones ... Chinstrap eggs are more rounded than other penguins’ eggs. They measure 7cm long and 5.5cm wide, but at maximum weigh in a bit lighter at ...

macaroni, Magellanic, Gentoo, and little blue penguins do mate for life ... No matter their mating styles, all penguins excel ...

Chicks from eggs laid early have a longer period of ... as some individuals may be hit harder than others.” With gentoo penguins, those human stressors can include anything from climate change ...

During brooding (the period in which penguins are getting ready to incubate their eggs), Adelie penguins have ... During courtship, male Gentoo penguins spend days in search of the smoothest ...

Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic ... duties and same-sex couples in captivity have occasionally adopted eggs before. The aquarium said in a statement Sphen died this month.