Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays's great penguins — emperors and kings — lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilized ...

Penguins and polar bears do not share icy landscapes. Penguins evolved in the Southern Hemisphere, adapting to cold waters ...

Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in New Zealand some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?

We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilised skull of a great penguin found on the Taranaki coast. Overall, it is 31% longer than the skull of an emperor penguin (Aptenodytes ...

What happened on Earth after the dinosaurs died? Humans could learn a thing or two from the tiny creatures that survived and evolved after an asteroid wiped out most of the life on Earth more than 66 ...