Penguins come ashore to moult over a 3-4 week period; they are unable to go to sea to feed and sometimes restricted to their water intake. Photo: John Buckingham Unlike all other birds, penguins ...

The occasion was summer in the Southern Hemisphere—egg-laying season, the time when penguins, so agile and quick in the water, clumsily come ashore to molt, find a partner, and with luck produce ...

Birds fly while penguins swim and dive. Penguins molt all their feathers at once, instead of replacing a few feathers at a time. They can also walk upright like humans. So why are penguins an ...

They molt twice a year, each time for about 13 days. They live in large groups for protection from predators and to benefit from group hunting ...