Scientists have found the fossilized remains of a prehistoric giant penguin unlike any other deep in the craggy coastlines of ...

Fossils unearthed in New Zealand reveal Kumimanu fordycei, a giant penguin from the Paleocene epoch, weighing around 350 ...

Scientists have discovered the fossil remains of an ancient giant penguin with a body length of about 5.8 feet that roamed the waters off New Zealand soon after the dinosaurs’ demise. Kumimanu ...

Romping around Waikato, New Zealand, a group of schoolchildren ... as a skeleton of a previously unknown species of giant prehistoric penguin. Using 3D scanning techniques, researchers created ...

Paleontologists have discovered gigantic fossilized penguin bones on the coast of New Zealand, according to a study published in the Journal of Paleontology. Only a few bones were found ...

The bird waddled around off the east coast of New Zealand between 55 and 60 million years ago. And it was a giant as far as penguins go. The researchers estimate that it probably weighed about 220 ...

Scientists have identified a new species of giant penguin from fossils discovered in New Zealand. The extinct penguin lived in the Paleocene Epoch between 66 million and 56 million years ago ...

A large fossil discovered on the west coast of New Zealand's North Island in 2006 is a new species of giant penguin The penguin stood around 1.4 metres tall and lived about 30 million years ago ...

Thus, ancient penguins were not geographically limited to New Zealand. “Giant penguins, however, are not exclusive to New Zealand and are also known from the Paleocene and Eocene of Antarctica ...

A giant, extinct penguin that lived between 27 million and 35 million years ago in what is now New Zealand. The enormous diving bird stood about 4.5 feet (1.4 meters) tall and had unusually long ...

were discovered in Hampden Beach in the Otago region of New Zealand. Though other giant ancient penguins have been discovered before, this is one of the oldest. The massive penguin would have ...

And it’s a new species, even! “The existence of giant penguins in New Zealand is scarcely known, so it’s really great to know that the community is continuing to study and learn more about them.