Savor fish are a staple for penguins. Researchers say the birds' ability to taste umami disappeared more than 20 million years ago. Why Penguins Can't Taste Fish RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: By the way - ...

Penguins, it seems, can't really taste their dinners. They aren't able to pick up on sweetness, bitterness, or a meaty flavor known as umami, a study finds. Instead, they can only taste sourness and ...

Pesto the baby penguin is huge — both online and literally speaking. The nine-month-old king penguin, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, weighs about 46 pounds. That’s enormous ...

The image most people have of penguins is how they look on land — wearing their flightlessness as a burden for all to see, along with those smart little dinner jackets of theirs. Yet the first time ...

A research group consisting of Project Researcher Rei Uesaka, Associate Professor Kentaro Sakamoto, Professor Katsufumi Sato, and Research Director Charles-André Bost of the Chizé Institute of Biology ...

Adorable Humboldt penguins investigated a fish-filled Advent calendar at the London Zoo, with recently released footage showing the holiday-themed enrichment. In a press release, the London Zoo, who ...

Six African Penguins at the New England Aquarium in Boston have made a new home on an island designed to address the aches and pains of aging. Six African Penguins at the New England Aquarium in ...

The world’s oldest penguin has celebrated her 37th birthday with a cake made of fish and ice. Humboldt penguin Spneb has lived at Paradise Park zoo, in Hayle, Cornwall, since 1988. Marking the ...

The image most people have of penguins is how they look on land—wearing their flightlessness as a burden for all to see, along with those smart little dinner jackets of theirs. Yet the first time ...