A new giant penguin species was discovered when a group of children citizen-scientists came across a huge fossil. ... of New Zealand. But the new penguin was much leggier.

The huge penguin is just the latest remarkable prehistoric animal to be discovered by scientists in New Zealand. Nineteen million-year-old fossils of a giant parrot dubbed ‘Squawkzilla,’ for ...

A new species of a prehistoric giant penguin has been identified by a team of researchers. The fossils were actually discovered by a group of schoolchildren 15 years ago in New Zealand.

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

The giant penguin fossil, which is one of the most complete specimens to date, would have been roughly the size of a 10-year-old child. A. Line drawing of the new specimen; B. The photo of the ...

Talk about your big bird. Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of a new species of an ancient giant penguin, one that was nearly 6 feet tall and weighed about 220 pounds, roughly the same ...

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, but it was ...

A new species of giant penguin has been identified in New Zealand by an amateur palaeontologist. Thursday 15 August 2019 05:43, UK Image: A new species of giant penguin has been discovered.

Slightly older penguin fossils, found in Canterbury, New Zealand – in rocks that were 58 to 62 million years old – were from birds ranging in size from today's yellow-eyed penguin, to the ...

Researchers have discovered a new species of giant penguin which lived in what is now New Zealand between 66 and 56 million years ago during the Paleocene Epoch.

K. fordycei's size is not the penguin's only surprising detail. According to researchers, K. fordycei sits incredibly close to the root of the modern-day penguin evolution tree. Researchers found one ...

An illustration comparing the giant penguin to an average person. Kumimanu biceae weighed about 220 pounds and was a bit shorter than 6 feet in height. It swam around off the coast of New Zealand ...