Penguins escape huge earthquake
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An earthquake on a remote Antarctic archipelago home to 850,000 King Penguins was the strongest on earth in four years, seismologists say.
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A dancing penguin was king of the Thanksgiving birds among
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A new study finds that rising temperatures are in danger of wiping out the king penguins of Antarctica
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Wild animals seem to have escaped the Indian Ocean tsunami, adding weight to notions they possess a "sixth sense" for disasters, experts said Thursday.
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Penguins were waddling and swimming  in warm locales tens of millions of years earlier than  previously thought, according to scientists who described on  Monday fossils of two previously unknown types found in Peru.
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The world's biggest earthquake in almost four years, measuring 8.1 on the Richter scale, was registered off the coast of Australia's southern island state of Tasmania, seismological officials said.
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A Japanese whaling ship that drifted powerless for nine days near the world's biggest penguin breeding ground had posed a huge risk to the pristine Antarctic environment, New Zealand's prime minister said Monday.
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The massive earthquake that devastated parts of Asia permanently moved the tectonic plates beneath the Indian Ocean as much as 98 feet, slightly shifting islands near Sumatra an unknown distance, U.S. scientists said on Tuesday.
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Australia&#39;s southern state of Tasmania was rocked by the world&#39;s largest earthquake in three-and-a-half years when it struck under the sea half way between Australia and Antarctica on Friday, seismologists said.
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Scientists were watching on Monday for a collision between a giant iceberg and an Antarctic glacier, which could free up sea lanes to America's McMurdo Station and help penguins reach crucial feeding areas.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins knew they'd be beaten again, they just didn't expect it this way.
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Tens of thousands of people in the Philippines are moved to emergency shelter to escape Typhoon Utor.
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By JANE KAY San Francisco Chronicle  Penguins need protection as endangered species, group says   Penguins in the Southern Hemisphere need extra protection under U.S.
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A strong earthquake rocked eastern Hokkaido early Monday, injuring at least 17 people and causing nearly 200 villagers to temporarily evacuate, meteorological and local officials said.
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Giant penguins as tall as 5 feet roamed what is now Peru more than 40 million years ago, much earlier than scientists thought the flightless birds had spread to warmer climes. Known mostly for their presence in Antarctica, penguins today live in many islands in the Southern Hemisphere, some even near the equator.
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An earthquake with a magnitude of seven at the epicenter on the open-ended Richter scaled -- the biggest since the deadly Sept. 21, 1999 quake -- shook the island yesterday as it erupted east of Taiwan yesterday at 12:08 pm and lasted roughly 30 seconds.
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A moderate earthquake rattled  Alaska's largest city on Wednesday morning but caused no  serious damage.