You might think the answer to ‘how many species of penguins are there’ would be simple… but its not. In fact, you may well have just stumbled into the most contentious issue in the world of ...

Pico, whose name means “beak” in Spanish, honors the penguin’s South American roots, while Douglas is named after a settlement on East Falkland Island, home to many rockhopper penguins.

Rockhopper penguin numbers are reported to be stable. According to the most recent count in the Falklands, the number of Gentoo penguin breeding pairs has doubled when compared with the number ...

The southern rockhopper subspecies breeds on the Falkland Islands and in southern Chile and southern Argentina. The eastern rockhopper penguin breeds on Prince Edward Island and the Marion Islands in ...

Two endangered penguin eggs have successfully hatched at Edinburgh Zoo. The Northern Rockhopper penguins are threatened due to climate change, changes in marine ecosystems and overfishing.