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Scientists Take First-Ever Penguin Census — from Space

How many emperor penguins can you count from space? A lot.

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Flightless Birds No More: Penguin Pair Flies First Class on Delta

The two penguins, Pete and Penny, ages 6 and 12, were heading to the New York premiere of “Frozen Planet,” a Discovery Channel documentary series.

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Cute Break: Watch a Live Cam of the Most Entertaining Penguins Ever

In what has to be the most entertaining live animal cam we’ve seen, the Discovery Channel has set up an intimate 24-hour camera at the “Penguin Encounter” exhibit at SeaWorld San Diego.

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Soap Opera at the Zoo: A Female Comes Between Toronto’s ‘Gay’ Penguins

NewsFeed: Your number-one source for gay penguin news.

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‘Gay’ Penguin Pair Adopt a Baby Chick in China

Hot on the tail feathers of Canada’s gay-penguin controversy, a China zoo has given another same-sex penguin couple the opportunity to raise a chick — and so far, everyone seems to be doing just fine

David DeNoma / Reuters

Sidney Crosby Returns to NHL in Style

The ‘Kid’ shows fans that he was worth the wait.

David McGlynn

Wednesday Words: Obamacare, ‘Brokeback Iceberg’ and More

NewsFeed’s weekly highlight of our vocabulary includes useful, new, hilarious and surprising words (as well as some that are just fun to roll off the old tongue).

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Reading While Eating For June 30: Pancakes, Penguins and Positivity

Today’s links highlight news and technology that are both eye-opening and delicious.

A featherless Humboldt penguin in a wetsuit walks past others in the enclosure at the Jurong Bird Park in Singapore

Instead of Tuxedos, Some Featherless Penguins Get Plain Old Birthday Suits

Penguin chicks on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean suffer from a feather-loss disorder that presents a vicious threat to the birds’ survival.

Penguins dry off in the snow (JOHN MACDOUGALL / AFP / Getty Images)

Penguin Pain: Scientists Discover Research Bands May Actually Be Harming Wildlife

Those cute and cuddly penguins that we all love to gawk at may be having a hard time going about their business, and all because of the way we’ve been tracking them.