Today, a casual observer could be forgiven for confusing the bird, a great auk, for a penguin. The black-and-white creature ...

One thing you won’t have seen is a penguin that stays wet for long ... And that specimen is the great auk. The great auk was once found on remote islands off eastern Canada, Greenland, Iceland and ...

A replica of a giant penguin-like bird which became extinct nearly 200 years ago has sold at auction for £25,000. The great auk was hunted to extinction in the mid-19th Century for its feathers ...

The term Penguin was first published in the 16th century as a synonym for Great Auk. There is a debate about the etymology of the name “Penguin”. The source of the word is English or Dutch.