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 ...

"The holotype skeleton, discovered in Kawhia Harbour, North Island, New Zealand, is one of the most complete skeletons of a giant penguin yet uncovered," the researchers wrote. Out now, breaking ...

Scientists have identified a new species of giant penguin from fossils discovered in New Zealand. The extinct penguin lived in the Paleocene Epoch between 66 million and 56 million years ago ...

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

“It’s sort of surreal to know that a discovery ... are from New Zealand. By comparison, emperor penguins, which are the largest living penguins today, are around four feet tall. Giant penguins ...

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 ...

The remains of a "monster" penguin have been found in New Zealand ... the moa and other giant penguins." According to the statement, the discovery was made by amateur palaeontologist Leigh ...

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 ...

Scientists on Tuesday announced the discovery of a new species of an ancient giant penguin, one that was nearly ... predators in the seas around New Zealand. Large marine mammals — such as ...

Languages: English, Spanish 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.

The bird waddled around off the east coast of New Zealand between ... "We have had evidence of giant penguins, but they've all been younger than the new discovery," says Clarke.

"Given that the earliest giant New Zealand penguin fossils pre-date the occurrence of penguins ... in the Paleocene marine record of the Southern Hemisphere. While the discovery of K. fordycei has ...