On the heels of last week’s World Penguin Day, the Detroit Zoo is marking a milestone with the public debut of its newest king penguin chick, Atticus.

The surrounding islands, however, belong to their slightly smaller noble cousin — the king penguin. King penguins live in places like the South Sandwich Islands, South Georgia Island and the ...

Standing in the sand was an injured king penguin, the species closest to emperor penguins, who seemed to be lost. King penguins are adapted to cold temperatures and inhabit mostly subantarctic ...