Gentoo penguins are the world's fastest swimming birds, clocking in at maximum underwater speeds of up to 36 km/h (about 22 mph). That's because their wings have evolved into flippers ideal for ...

It was a win-win—except for the sky. The Art of Swimming: Penguins as Underwater Rockets When penguins hit the water, they become living torpedoes. Some species, like the Gentoo penguin ...

Although penguins are birds, they can swim at a very fast speed in the water, and among them Penguins are creatures that give the impression of waddling around on land, but in water, they ...

With dozens of animals on the brink of extinction, this adorable marine mammal may be at the top of the list. What Caused An ...

The researchers recorded two sessions of gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) free swimming in a large water tank at Nagasaki Penguin Aquarium, Japan, using a dozen or more underwater cameras.

Gregory's new project is Secrets of the Penguins ... first swim. The penguin pack Gregory's team happened to be filming took a wrong turn due to melting sea ice and ended up on top of a 50 ...

Emperor penguin chicks jump off a 50-foot cliff to take their first swim in Atka Bay ... Like a group of teenagers crowding at the top of a cliff, waiting to see if someone will be brave enough ...

The penguin — known as Gus — was discovered by surfers on a tourist beach in southwest Australia on Nov. 1 Miles Brotherson/DBCA/AP An emperor penguin is in recovery after swimming from Antarc ...

to swim in a criss-cross pattern over the top of a deep-water canyon, gathering data for several hours on the world around it. The robot has sensors to measure a variety of ocean conditions while it ...

Penguins are fast, fantastic swimmers ... Among other things, those instruments were capable of measuring the water's temperature, pressure, oxygen content, conductivity and fluorescence at ...