A near pristine desert and coastal wilderness in Namibia could soon host a huge hydrogen production facility, raising hopes for jobs but also fears for the unique plant and animal life of the region, ...

Longer summers are allowing more king penguin chicks to bulk up and survive the winter, but the penguins' main fishing area ...

The growing incidents, known as shark depredation, have grown common in Hawaii's coastal waters and other parts of the ...

The volcanic archipelago, a UK dependent territory 2,400km west of Cape Town, with a population of fewer than 300, has ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This species was once abundant along the coasts of South Africa and Namibia. But the population has fallen by about 78% over the ...

Pumas returning to Patagonia have begun hunting mainland penguins that evolved without land predators. Scientists estimate that more than 7,000 adult penguins were killed in just four years, many of ...

The recent bout of winter weather is too cold for penguins, according to officials at the Long Island Aquarium in New York. In an email to USA TODAY on Jan. 30, the aquarium said its "colony of South ...

The Long Island Aquarium has brought 20 penguins inside after temperatures dropped drastically in Riverhead, making it too cold even for penguins! The coastal town in New York State has reached lows ...

After days of dealing with Winter Storm Fern—which has left 600,000 homes without power in the South, and thousands others digging themselves out from under more than snow (especially here in New ...

A moment from a nearly 20-year-old documentary is going viral on social media, as people say they identify with and are inspired by a penguin in the clip who chooses to leave his colony and walk ...

A clip of a ‘Nihilistic Penguin’ walking away from his colony toward certain death in the distant mountains has gone viral—where did the footage come from, and what does the meme mean? A viral clip of ...