Modern penguins thrive in colder climates, so why did the New Zealand penguin fail to survive? (Image credit: Richard McManus via Getty Images) Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays's ...

Standing less than 2 feet tall, the tawaki penguin of southwestern New Zealand is pretty cute. It has a white front and black back, with bushy yellow eyebrow-looking feathers, which may be related to ...

In a strange contradiction, they coexisted with great penguins — now only found in much colder climates — in ancient New Zealand. The northernmost breeding colonies of king penguins today are around ...