WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The penguin known as “Happy Feet” has vanished in the ocean on his way home from New Zealand, eluding his trackers just days after his release and leaving behind a mystery ...

Singing and dancing emperors, a romantic Adelie, and a rockhopper guru are among the animated penguins who are joined by a whole new cast of lively Antarctic characters in “Happy Feet Two” now playing ...

New Zealand bids farewell to emperor penguin it nursed back to health Aug. 29, 2011 -- The lost emperor penguin that found itself 3,000 miles from its snowy home in Antarctica has begun its return ...

The rockhopper penguin, a species featured in the movie Happy Feet, has taken a suffered a 30 percent population decline over the past five years according to the latest survey figures from Falklands ...

“Happy Feet Two” may be set in Antartica, but it's only a lukewarm effort. In this 3D sequel to the Oscar-winning, 2006 animated hit, the lesson all the characters learn, no matter their species, is ...

A penguin at the San Diego Zoo appears to be happy on his feet again after donning orthopedic footwear to nurse his degenerative foot condition. Lucas, a 4-year-old penguin in the San Diego Zoo’s ...

ANTARCTICA — It’s 10:30 a.m. on Danco Island, and it’s clearly time for the penguins to make the daily trek to the icy water. As they waddle down the snow-covered mountain, a group of visitors is ...

A new study challenges the long-held notion that emperor penguins return to the same location each year for breeding. Researchers at the University of Minnesota, using satellite images, said they ...

Even well-meaning tourists can stress out penguins. A new study published in the journal BMC Ecology contrasts with earlier research that concluded tourism had no immediate, negative effects on ...