Once thought to mate for life, more penguins seem to be setting out in search of new partners come breeding season. Here’s ...

A 13-year study of tiny penguins in Australia has dispelled the long-held myth that these seabirds mate for life, with the 'divorce rate' nearly 10 times that of the current statistics for US adults.

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during years with high penguin divorce rates, but the divorcees could have ...

Penguins were classified as divorced if their partner from the prior breeding season reappeared in the colony but with a new ...

In good times, they largely stick with their partners, although there’s often a bit of hanky-panky happening on the side.' ...

The common misconception that penguins mate forever has been shredded by a new study that has found that little penguins, scientifically called Eudyptula minor, “divorce” their partners to ...

Little penguins (Eudyptula minor) often return to the same mate every breeding season, but some ditch their partners to seek new mates, which scientists call a "penguin divorce." ...