Humboldt penguins, native to the coasts of Chile and Peru, are considered "vulnerable" with a drastically reduced population. These medium-sized penguins primarily feed on fish and squid from the ...

Roo, a Humboldt penguin, hatched on March 14 at Milwaukee County Zoo. She needed about a month of nebulizer treatment for an infection that hampered her breathing. Healthy now, Roo can often be found ...

Penguins, it seems, can't really taste their dinners. They aren't able to pick up on sweetness, bitterness, or a meaty flavor known as umami, a study finds. Instead, they can only taste sourness and ...

Humboldt penguins are considered vulnerable, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species. There are fewer than 30,000 of the warm-weather South ...