"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 ...

A baby penguin chick at the Cincinnati Zoo got their first swim lesson this week.The Cincinnati Zoo posted a video of the their two-month-old little blue penguin chick, Julep, getting their first swim ...

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 ...

OCEAN CITY, MD - The 31st annual "Penguin Swim" is set for Wednesday, January 1st in Ocean City. Registration for the event is still open. The 31st annual "Penguin Swim" is set to take place on ...

OCEAN CITY, Md.- It's not every day you see penguins on Delmarva. But Wednesday it was flooded with them... kind of. Wednesday was the 26th annual Penguin Swim in Ocean City. Hundreds of people dove ...

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.