A Sydney aquarium has announced that Sphen, the older partner in a same-sex penguin couple, has died. The creatures are celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade.

Marley the penguin has been an artist. More recently, her fame has skyrocketed. Twice a week, Marley hops into an art room at Moody Gardens in Galveston, Texas, jumps onto a sponge soaked with ...

When a male penguin falls in love with a female, he will comb the entire beach to collect pebbles and then gift them to his partner, as per The Guardian. Couples in many penguin species ...

It was just a few months ago that Australia's beloved Pesto the Penguin went viral for weighing nearly 50 pounds at just 9 ...

The innate sense of familial bonds makes for strong penguin couples. Each penguin species has its own way of grieving the loss of a partner. For the fairy penguins above, it was physical comfort.

It was a busy week for the Pittsburgh Penguins. They made some moves — though no whoppers — before Friday afternoon’s NHL ...

Then the squat northern rockhopper penguin walks a couple of times across an 8-by-10 canvas while a biologist showers her with enthusiastic praise. For nearly 20 years, Marley the penguin has been ...