Penguins

LOOK: Penguins Named After Kate & Wills Have Chicks On The Way

Huffington Post UK/ PA | Sara C Nelson | Posted 15.05.2013 | UK

A pair of penguins named after the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are expecting their first chicks. The Gentoo birds, who live in the London Aquari...

LOOK: Newborn Doctor Who Penguins

The Huffington Post UK | Tahira Mirza | Posted 18.04.2013 | UK Comedy

Hello, Doctor! Yes, this adorable newborn baby Humboldt penguin born at Chester Zoo has been named after the timelord himself, Doctor Who: Meet ...

Is It Possible to Be Just a Little Bit Racist?

Xavier Toby | Posted 17.05.2013 | UK Comedy
Xavier Toby

If I hear something racist, sometimes when I pull the person up for it they'll say something like; "Ease up champ. Settle down sport. Back off tiger. It's only a little bit racist." Is that even possible? To be only a little bit racist?

WATCH: Adorable Penguin Bloopers

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 12.03.2013 | UK Comedy

If there's one thing we love more than a TV programme about penguins, it's the blooper reel for a TV programme about penguins. So imagine our delig...

WATCH: Penguin Being Tickled

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.03.2013 | UK Comedy

The only thing cuter than a penguin is, of course, a rescued penguin. And the only thing cuter than a rescued penguin? A rescued penguin being ...

WATCH: Penguin Is Scared To Go In The Water

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 19.02.2013 | UK Comedy

And your "Wait for it... wait for it..." video of the day is... wait for it... this one! Yes, just click play to enjoy the sight of a nervous pengu...

PICTURES: How Cute Were Those Penguins?

The Huffington Post UK | Caroline Frost | Posted 13.04.2013 | UK Entertainment

Penguins, quite rightly, became the superstars of the small screen last night as TV director John Downer did for them for what he previously achieved ...

WATCH: Penguin Highway!

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 31.01.2013 | UK Comedy

Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Penguin Highway. Penguin Highway is situated in Antarctica - and as you can see, it gets pretty busy. Sometimes sl...

WATCH: Penguin Falls Over, His Mates Commiserate

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 10.12.2012 | UK Comedy

What's funnier than a drunk uncle falling over on the dance-floor at a wedding? A penguin taking a tumble on ice, of course. If you want proof, just l...

'I Hear Penguin Are Slitting Their Wrists Over It': Jilly Cooper Trashes Pippa Middleton's Book

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 04.12.2012 | Home

Pippa Middleton's party-planning book Celebrate has been slammed by Queen of the bonkbusters Jilly Cooper. Cooper, who made her name with the raun...

Bald Penguin Needs New Threads After Wearing His Wetsuit Out

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 15.08.2012 | UK

A penguin who has to wear a wetsuit to protect him from the sun and keep him warm at night needs a new set of threads after wearing out his current co...

LOOK: London Zoo Wants To Turn 'The Gherkin' Into 'The Penguin'

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 12.07.2012 | UK Comedy

If you thought when you woke up this morning that you wouldn't see the famous London landmark known as The Gherkin blessed with a superimposed image o...

Not So Happy Feet: Scientists Measure Penguin Stress Levels

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 11.07.2012 | UK

All is not cool in the Antarctic. Scientists have discovered a case of not too happy feet in penguin populations feeling stressed by human activity...

'Gay' Penguins Expecting The Pitter-Patter Of Tiny Feet

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 24.05.2012 | UK

A pair of "gay" Gentoo penguins who have apparently yearned for parenthood for six years, are to become fathers at last after an egg was donated to th...

'Gay' Penguin Couple Given Egg Of Their Own

Telegraph.co.uk | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Comedy

Every spring for six years Gentoo penguins Inca and Rayas have lovingly built a nest together, only to find that no eggs arrive to fill it. It doesn't...

Would You Steal One Of These?

PA | Posted 02.05.2012 | UK

Two British tourists who broke into a Australian theme park and stole a penguin following a drunken night out have each been fined 1,000 Australian do...

LOOK: Criminal Penguins Behind Spate of Pebble Pinching At London Aquarium

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 30.04.2012 | UK

"Criminal" penguins are rife at the London Aquarium, with mating season causing a spate of pebble pinching amongst the bird community. Subterfuge ...

April Fool's Day: Top 5 Best Hoaxes

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 01.04.2012 | UK

In honour of April Fool's Day, we have compiled a short list of the best and the worst media hoaxes of all time, spanning from amazing fake BBC docume...

WATCH: The Real-Life Happy Feet Penguin

The Huffington Post UK | Sarah Dean | Posted 23.03.2012 | UK Entertainment

Real-life dancing penguins took over London's Pineapple Dance Studios this week to celebrate the launch of Happy Feet Two on DVD. Leading the group...

WATCH: This Week's Top 10 Funny Viral Videos

Huffington Post UK | Alastair Plumb | Posted 17.03.2012 | UK Comedy

What a week, eh? So many wonderful viral video to pick for this top ten, we had to turn some truly very worthy contenders away at the door. 'Batma...

We Round Up The Latest Funny Animal Pictures. You're Welcome.

The Huffington Post UK | Posted 25.01.2012 | UK Comedy

When it comes to amusing animal pictures on the internet, you may think that lolcats have got it all sewn up. But, oh no. Here's the first in an o...

Pictures Of The Day: Penguins, Baby Elephants And A Snow Church

Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.01.2012 | UK

When it's a slow day in the news you can always rely on nature to provide a few nice snapshots to soothe the soul. So it was in Mumbai, where a man...

Picture Of The Day: Penguins Build A Snow Sculpture

The Huffington Post UK | Andrea Mann | Posted 13.01.2012 | UK Comedy

Well, any excuse to show a picture of a penguin, eh? (Real picture caption: Adelie Penguins walk past an ice sculpture spelling out the numerals 10...

Jealous Penguins Pelt Panda Visitors With Oily Fish Poo At Edinburgh Zoo

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 21.12.2011 | UK

The considerable news attention devoted to “celebrity” pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang is provoking jealousy from an unlikely quarter, as the peng...

As Natural As Life Itself

Simon Napier-Bell | Posted 12.02.2012 | UK Entertainment
Simon Napier-Bell

Homosexual behaviour has been observed in more than 500 species of animal, including nearly all common insects. If you're a bedbug or a club-tailed dragonfly or a flour beetle, then just like a human being you have a one in 10 chance of fancying a member of your own sex.