A new giant penguin species was discovered when a group of children citizen-scientists came across a huge fossil.

The emperor penguin is an impressive bird – but it would have been relatively small in comparison with some of the giant penguins that lived in the distant past. In a paper published today we ...

Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of an ancient giant penguin with a body length of about 5.8 feet that roamed the waters off New Zealand soon after the dinosaurs’ demise.

In 2006, a group of schoolchildren on a fossil-hunting field trip in New Zealand unearthed the bones of a giant penguin. Now, 15 years later, that flightless bird is getting a name, Kairuku waewaeroa.

Yet another giant penguin has come to light in New Zealand, thanks to the remarkable collaboration between an amateur fossil hunter and professional palaeontologists ...

Scientists have identified a new species of giant penguin from fossils discovered in New Zealand.

The “incredible” fossilised remains of an unusual long-legged giant penguin, first found by schoolchildren in New Zealand, belonged to a previously unknown species, researchers have said.

The gigantic fossilized penguin bones discovered on the South Island of New Zealand are a "startling" find, scientists said.

Update | Ancient penguins from 55 million to 60 million years ago were as tall as an average human adult, according to fossilized bones found off the eastern coast of New Zealand's southern island.

Bones belonging to an extinct species of giant penguin have been unearthed in New Zealand. Based on available parts of the bird’s skeleton, researchers who analysed the fossils estimate it stood ...

A newly described extinct giant penguin from New Zealand has unusually long legs and a long, slender beak, and it dates to a time when much of the region was underwater.

New species of an ancient giant penguin was nearly 6 feet tall and weighed about 220 pounds.