The original 50p coins featured the wrong variety of Rockhopper penguin But one of them featured a variety of penguin that was actually native to an island 4,000km away, making them more valuable ...

Rockhopper penguins, a type featured in the movie “Happy Feet,” have suffered a mysterious 30 percent decline in numbers over five years in their South Atlantic stronghold, conservationists ...

Two endangered penguin eggs have successfully hatched at Edinburgh Zoo. The Northern Rockhopper penguins are threatened due to climate change, changes in marine ecosystems and overfishing.

They are 18 inches tall and weighs 5-10 pounds, with slate-gray back and head, red eyes, pink beak, and bright yellow crests ...

Soon after, the African penguin was listed as endangered and the New Zealand-Australia populations of the southern rockhopper penguin were listed as threatened. After another Center petition, in 2014 ...

The eastern rockhopper penguin breeds on Prince Edward Island and the Marion Islands in South Africa, the Crozet Islands and Kerguelen Islands in the French Southern Territories, Australia's Heard and ...

An endangered penguin chick has successfully hatched at Edinburgh Zoo. It is the third northern rockhopper penguin to have hatched at the zoo in the last year. The species is threatened by climate ...

The first penguin chicks of the current breeding season have hatched at Edinburgh Zoo. Five endangered Northern rockhopper chicks and 10 gentoo chicks have hatched so far and it is hoped more will ...