A stock image of little penguins standing near the water's edge. A video of the creatures in New Zealand "coming home for the night" has mesmerized viewers on TikTok.

Slightly older penguin fossils, found in Canterbury, New Zealand – in rocks that were 58 to 62 million years old – were from birds ranging in size from today's yellow-eyed penguin, to the ...

A small blue penguin waddled onto the runway at the Wellington National Airport in New Zealand, causing quite the scene — and flights delays — before it was rescued, according to report… ...

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On January 12, a baby blue penguin was seen crossing the runway at the Wellington Airport in New Zealand. The penguin was rescued and now lives at the Wellington Zoo.

Monster penguins that lived in New Zealand 62 million years ago had doppelgangers in Japan, the USA and Canada, according to a new study.

An artist’s concept of Kumimanu and Petradyptes penguins on an ancient New Zealand beach. The larger of the two weighed almost 350 pounds and is the heaviest penguin known to science.

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Over fifty million years ago, a “monster” penguin species inhabited New Zealand. These birds were triple the size of modern penguins, stood as tall as humans, and weighed as much as adult ...