Penguins, it seems, can't really taste their dinners. They aren't able to pick up on sweetness, bitterness, or a meaty flavor known as umami, a study finds. Instead, they can only taste sourness and ...

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A sea animal from Australia is capturing the hearts of the Internet: meet Pesto the penguin! The furry baby King Penguin is only 9 months old and already weighs 46 pounds. According to the SEA LIFE ...

Pesto the baby penguin is huge — both online and literally speaking. The nine-month-old king penguin, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, weighs about 46 pounds. That’s enormous ...

In the spring of 2011, a single Magellanic penguin was caught in an oil spill on his way to his summer breeding grounds. The unflappable creature eventually drifted on to Proveta Beach in Rio de ...

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