During the breeding season, a male Gentoo penguin will methodically search for the smoothest, most perfect pebble he can find. He presents this pebble to his desired mate as a token of his affection.

Here's what it's like to have dinner with the second-largest and third-largest species of penguins in the world: the King and ...

During courtship, male Gentoo penguins spend days in search of the smoothest and shiniest pebble to present to their potential mate. If the female penguin is happy with the offering, she will ...

Male gentoo penguins Sphen and Magic built a nest of pebbles together in 2018, catching the attention of zookeepers and then the world. They eventually hatched chicks, Sphengic in 2018 and Clancy ...

A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated wings.

Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now aged eight, came to international attention in 2018 when they built a pebble nest together in the hope of raising chicks at their home in the ...