Penguins Facts

Researchers find new emperor penguin colonies by looking for their poop from a satellite in space.

Penguins can convert salt water into fresh water.

There are no penguins in the North Pole.

Sandy, an African Penguin, was in 'love' with her keeper Peter Vollbracht at Münster Zoo in Germany from 1997 until her death in 2021.

When a male gentoo penguin courts a female, he searches the beach for a pebble to present to her. If she accepts the gift, they bond and use pebbles together to build their nest.

Norway has a king penguin as Colonel-in-Chief of their royal guard.

A zoo in China gave a gay penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick.

Penguins have a supraorbital gland above their eyes that filters salt from seawater, allowing them to drink ocean water and expel the excess salt through their beaks.

In 2011, a penguin covered in oil and starving on a beach near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, was rescued by a pensioner. Ever since then, Dindim the penguin travels 5,000 miles every year to visit him.