The emperor penguin was malnourished, alone — and on a popular beach in southwest Australia, waddling through the sand more than 2,000 miles from its natural habitat. Visitors to Ocean Beach near the ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday ...

An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday. The adult male was found ...

Melbourne, Australia — The only emperor penguin known to have swum from Antarctica to Australia was released at sea 20 days after he waddled ashore on a popular tourist beach, officials said Friday.

In this undated photo provided by the Merlin Entertainments Group, gentoo penguins Sphen, right, and Magic, left, walk under a rainbow arch at the SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia.

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sphen, the elder ...