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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A giant penguin species was discovered in New Zealand. The fossils were found last year. The extinct penguin was more than 5 feet tall and weighed more than 170 pounds.

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 ...

A giant Oligocene fossil penguin from the North Island of New Zealand. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology , 2021; DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2021.1953047 Cite This Page : ...

"Given that the earliest giant New Zealand penguin fossils pre-date the occurrence of penguins on other continents, it is tempting to speculate that penguins approached the peak of their known body ...

The humerus (top) and a bone from the shoulder girdle of the giant penguin Kumimanu biceae, compared to the corresponding bones of one of the largest fossil penguins known to date (Pachydyptes ...

A fossil, discovered by children in New Zealand, has been identified as an ancient giant penguin. The exciting find was originally made in 2006 by the Hamilton Junior Naturalist Club (JUNATS), who ...

March of the giant penguins! A 27-million-year-old fossil of the largest penguin ever known has been found in New Zealand. Standing at about 5 feet, the penguin likely weighed 130 pounds and ...