Millions of years ago, several species of giant birds called "mega penguins" roamed the Earth — and some of them stood taller ...

Fossils of the world's tallest penguin discovered New Zealand was once home to the tallest penguin species ever known — a lanky bird that stood as high as 4.2 feet (1.3 meters).

Scampi and Flounder, a pair of male Humboldt penguins, are stepping up to raise a chick at Chester Zoo in the United Kingdom.

The tallest penguin species ever known used to call the South Pacific island nation home.

New Zealand was once home to the tallest penguin species ever known — a lanky bird that stood as high as 4.2 feet (1.3 meters).

The tallest and heaviest ever known penguin stood nearly 5 feet tall and tipped the scales at around 130 pounds, according to a 27-million-year-old fossil found in New Zealand.

Scientists have discovered a now-extinct species of giant penguin that was taller than most humans. The remains of the bird, perhaps the tallest penguin species ever discovered, help show how ...

Mega penguin’s massive foot shows it was tallest and heaviest ever to walk the Earth New fossil discovery shows world’s greatest extinct penguin ever discovered was bigger than (many) humans ...

An extinct penguin that lived in New Zealand 27 million years ago may have been the tallest ever. At 1.3 metres in height, Kairuku grebneffi would have looked down on today’s 1-metre-tall ...

With fully-assembled skeletons in their possession, the scientists realized that the penguin species they decided to name Kairuku grebneffi was actually the tallest and heaviest that ever lived.

New Zealand was once home to the tallest penguin species ever known — a lanky bird that stood as high as 4.2 feet (1.3 meters).

Kairuku penguins come ashore, passing a stranded Waipatia dolphin; Artwork by Chris Gaskin, owner and copyright owner: Geology Museum, University of Otago Scientists have unveiled details about a ...