Over the course of hundreds of thousands of years, gentoo penguins have become isolated from each other to the point where they don't interbreed, even though they could easily swim the distance ...

A Gentoo rookery in Saunders Island A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their ...

Whereas top-level athletes can swim at 8 kph or so, the speed of gentoo penguins--the fastest penguin variety--is known to reach more than 30 kph. The penguins’ secret lies in the motion of ...

A gentoo penguin chick that hatched at The Deep in Hull has taken its first swim. The chick hatched on 9 June and took its first splash at the aquarium on 16 August, weighing in at a "healthy" 10 ...

Underwater I swim through a majestic kelp forest that sways gently. Gentoo penguins dart above me, southern sea lions in hot pursuit. Lobster krill line up on the seafloor, pincers raised ...

Sphen died earlier this month just before his 12th birthday, the Sydney Sea Life Aquarium said Thursday, a long life for a ...

The gentoo penguin is the fastest swimming penguin, reaching 22mph. Emperor penguin chicks have to survive some of the coldest conditions on earth.