You might think the answer to ‘how many species of penguins are there’ would be simple… but its not. In fact, you may well have just stumbled into the most contentious issue in the world of ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

While it’s true that the continent and its surroundings hosts seven species of penguins, including the emperors or the Adélies, 11 of the other penguins of the world are actually found outside ...

Yet this extraordinary bird faces new and extraordinary pressures — most ominously, the rapid acceleration of global warming. And the emperor is not alone: More than half of the world's 19 penguin ...

The researchers say that counting them as four separate species will aid in their conservation because it will make it easier to monitor any decline in numbers. Gentoo penguins, with the Latin ...