The Little penguin lives in Australia and is the smallest penguin in the world. The yellow-eyed penguin lives on remote islands off New Zealand. The gentoo penguin is the fastest swimming penguin ...

The yellow-eyed penguin could become extinct within two decades, says the Department of Conservation (DOC), with the number of known nests dropping by 80 percent over the past decade and a half.

Photo / DoC Despite winning Bird of the Year in 2024, the hoiho, also known as the yellow-eyed penguin or takaraka, is at serious risk of becoming locally extinct within the next two decades as ...