She collapsed Tuesday, most likely due to heart trouble. picked by thephrog 3 years ago

A new report by French scientists in the Proceedings of the Natural Academy of Sciences finds that king penguins could be wiped out over the coming decades due to global warming. picked by tchengrox 2 years ago

Animal rehabilitation officials are trying to find a home for a king penguin that turned up in Cape St. Francis, South Africa. picked by AutumnLotus 3 years ago

A couple of gay penguins are attempting to steal eggs from straight birds in an effort to become "fathers", it has been reported. The two penguins have started placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs, in a bid to hide their theft. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

The sheer quantity of young penguins that have washed up on Brazil's sun-drenched beaches this year has confounded nearly everyone who comes in contact with them. picked by muppet 1 year ago

Hundreds of penguins swept from the icy shores of Antarctica and Patagonia are washing up dead on Rio de Janeiro's tropical beaches. More than 400 penguins, most of them young, have been found dead on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro state over the past two months. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Penguins often try to raise chicks that aren't their own, but it's surprising for one to try raise the young of its natural predator, say scientists. picked by stinkobinko 7 months ago

Tonga’s king has agreed to give up much of the near–absolute power his family has held for generations. King George Tupou V will relinquish his role in day–to–day governmental affairs and will be guided by the prime minister ’’in all matters of governance,’’ picked by bernardblack 1 year ago

To the north of Brentwood in Essex is a small village called Kelvdon Hatch. Unremarkable in every regard bar one, a small and unassuming bungalow that hides the entrance to an underground complex that would have housed up to 600 people in the even of nuclear war. Now the cold war is over and the world is a safer place* the bunker is open to the public and can even be hired out for special event... read full post picked by pocksucket 2 years ago

Last month the birds were segregated after they were caught placing stones at the feet of parents before waddling away with their eggs. But angry visitors to Polar Land in Harbin, northern China, complained it wasn't fair to stop the couple from becoming surrogate fathers and urged zoo bosses to give them a chance. picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

Rarely, a penguin will be born with almost no pigmentation. One has been found in Antarctica that is bullied and harassed by its fellow penguins because it has a different skin color. It is unusual for such penguins to make it to adulthood. picked by 2manyusernames 2 years ago

'The Circle of Life' from the fantastic Broadway Musical 'The Lion King' A musical that is still selling out every night and has been open more then 10 years. Directed by the BRILLIANT Julie Taymor.

This of course is a shortened version of this song for the 52nd Tony's but it still leaves me speechless every time I see it. picked by muppetmaker 1 year ago

The head of an Ashanti king who was decapitated in the 1830 is being sent back by the Dutch government for a proper burial picked by Ankabout 8 months ago

Eight fruit-filled baskets and 20 sealed jars have been found concealed in a chamber next to the tomb of King Tutankhamun. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Two little penguins were released back into the wild today following a spell at Sydney's Taronga Zoo wildlife hospital.

But one had enjoyed his stay at the New South Wales zoo so much, he was reluctant to part ways with his carer. picked by AutumnLotus 8 months ago

The organization raising funds to erect a monument honoring the civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr have been paying King's family a million dollars to be allowed to raise funds to pay for the monument. Now they are demanding $800k for the monument to have part of one of his speeches engraved on it. picked by 2manyusernames 7 months ago

The full version of the famous speech, by the brilliant and inspirational Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Though the holiday is celebrated on Monday, he was born on January 15th, 1929. He died on April 4, 1968. picked by sykeo56 11 months ago

An American secretary at the Ghanaian embassy woke to a 4 a.m. call 15 months ago — telling her she is the next king of Otuan, Ghana.

(icon is not the king in story) picked by lynxears 2 months ago

An inscribed limestone block might have solved one of history's greatest mysteries -- who fathered the boy pharaoh King Tut.

"We can now say that Tutankhamun was the child of Akhenaten." picked by AutumnLotus 12 months ago

He got married to the widow next door... But what do we really know about the man? picked by donteatpoop 3 years ago