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 species from the Paleocene epoch, weighing around 350 pounds. This discover ...

Scientists unearthed bones from this giant penguin, which they named Kumimanu fordycei, and those of another new species, on a New Zealand beach. “Fossils provide us with evidence of the ...

and many of the oldest specimens are from New Zealand. By comparison, emperor penguins, which are the largest living penguins today, are around four feet tall. Giant penguins that lived millions ...

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 ...

A giant fossilised penguin discovered by schoolchildren in New Zealand in 2006 has been identified as a new species of the animal using a 3D printer. Little did the group of schoolchildren from ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

IN A PAPER published today we reveal an ancient giant penguin which might have been the largest to ever live. Our team of researchers from New Zealand and Germany discovered the fossil in a boulder in ...

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 ...

adding that these giant penguins became extinct without leaving any direct descendants. When this species lived, there were very few potential predators in the seas around New Zealand.