"Basically we tried to understand how flapping wings work in the water." This is an Inside Science story. The ancient ancestors of penguins gained their ability to swim at the expense of flight, ...

When and where is the 31st annual Penguin Swim? A large group of participants marched to the 26th Annual Atlantic General Hospital Penguin Swim from Bull on the Beach restaurant and bar in Ocean City, ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- The National Aviary's African Penguin chicks have taken another step towards joining their colony. The penguin pair got their first swimming lesson Thursday at the Aviary's ...

Laura McChesney and her husband Craig McChesney were watching penguins swim at the ABQ BioPark Zoo when they spotted two ...

Since 2007, the Truxtun Park Penguins have prided themselves on being Anne Arundel County’s most ethnically diverse and accessible swim team. As the only aquatics squad based at a public pool, with ...

It doesn't show it here (the penguins are taking a siesta break) but RFID is helping to promote swimming. The Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden's Little Blue penguins are swimming more thanks in part ...

I’ve had a lifelong fascination with penguins — and to no surprise, I’m not the only one obsessed with these adorable and fascinating creatures. James Ward, wildlife photographer and co-founder and ...

I swam with penguins Sunday. And it’s awesome. Mark it down as one of the ironies of life that after decades of living near the California coast, the opportunity to fulfill that bucket-list dream came ...

CHICAGO (CBS)--A baby penguin took its first swim at Chicago's Shedd Aquarium this week. The Shedd Aquarium released a video of the penguin's first dip in the blue waters of the penguin habitat, as ...

The penguin — known as Gus — was discovered by surfers on a tourist beach in southwest Australia on Nov. 1 Miles Brotherson/DBCA/AP An emperor penguin is in recovery after swimming from Antarctica to ...

Penguins have evolved into champion divers and graceful swimmers, but somewhere along the way, they lost the ability to fly. It now looks like birds are built to do one or the other — fly or swim.