The Fairy or Little Blue Penguin, the smallest penguin species, stands at 13-17 inches and weighs just over 1 kg. These adorable birds inhabit New Zealand and Southern Australia. Known for their ...

Her research advocates splitting the southern rockhopper penguin into two species (eastern and western). She also suggests that evidence shows the little penguin should be considered two species.

Interestingly, little penguins’ relatively high divorce rates are not universal across all penguin species. Gentoo, yellow-eyed and Magellanic penguins, for instance, demonstrate high levels of ...