Conservationists are making a Valentine’s Day plea to protect African penguins that can mate for life. The birds, which are Africa’s only native penguin species, are on track to go extinct in the wild ...

Among the many behaviours that have made penguins famous far beyond the icy regions they inhabit, few are as widely discussed as their habit of offering pebbles to a potential mate. The image is easy ...

Few animal facts are repeated with more confidence or less nuance than the claim that penguins mate for life. It is offered as a charming truth, a feel good example of loyalty written into nature ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Love is in the air at Edinburgh Zoo. Pebbling marks the start of the breeding season for Gentoo penguins. Kids at Edinburgh ...