From swimming faster than Olympic athletes to proposing with pebbles, penguins are full of surprising and lovable traits.

Pablo “Popi” García Borboroglu and Bertie Gregory have been named the 2025 Rolex National Geographic Explorers of the Year. Borboroglu has been an Explorer since receiving the National ...

But it turns out we still have a lot to learn about them, as revealed in National Geographic's new docuseries Secrets of the ...

Never mind that Studio Ghibli director and founder Hayao Miyazaki famously denounced AI-generated art as "an insult to life ... differential between the observer and the cute object: A small kitten, a ...

Live animals must be properly restrained, and risk assessments need to account for every factor—no matter how small or cute. The penguin didn’t mean to cause trouble, but its tumble changed everything ...

Photograph By Daniel Feldman/AFP, Getty Images Magellanic penguins nest in burrows, vulnerable to extreme rains and disturbance by humans and animals. Borboroglu and Reyes documented the carnage ...

The practice of penguins proposing with pebbles highlights the intricate blend of practical necessity and social bonding in the animal kingdom. This behavior supports the survival and reproductive ...

Across the globe, there are beaches that have been almost taken over by the animal kingdom. From seaweed-eating sheep to bright pink flamingos, American wild horses and even pigs and penguins ...

this latest installment in National Geographic’s Emmy-winning “Secrets of” franchise takes viewers of all ages to the farthest corners of the world to witness penguin behaviors captured on film for ...

animal. He finds the inspiration to teach them quietly radical poetry, much to the chagrin of the school’s headmaster (Jonathan Pryce). The little penguin becomes a kind of mascot, a very cute ...

English teacher Steve Coogan adopts a penguin in the middle the 1976 Argentinean coup d’état -- and yes, that is kinda weird.