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Bones of penguin the size of a man discovered in New Zealand

The fossilised remains of a 16 stone penguin that grew as big as a man have been dug up on the New Zealand coast. Named Kumimanu biceae, the giant animal stood at five feet eight inches and dates back ... read more

Fossil bones of human-sized penguin found in New Zealand

Scientists have unearthed in New Zealand fossil ... the emperor penguin, which grows to about 120cm and about 40kg. The only ancient penguin yet discovered that might have been larger than Kumimanu is ... read more

New Zealand discovery of fossilised ‘monster bird’ bones reveals a colossal, ancient penguin

Our team of researchers from New Zealand and Germany discovered the fossil in a boulder in Otago, in southern New Zealand. Painstaking extraction work slowly revealed that the rock contained a multitu... read more

Ancient penguin was as big as a (human) Pittsburgh Penguin

(Gerald Mayr/Senckenberg Research Institute via AP) Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size ... newly found bird is about 7 inches (18 c... read more

Extinct Penguin Species Was the Size of an Adult Human

Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man ... bones, so its actual size may have varied. [h/t AP] The scientific process of carbon dating has been used to d... read more

Human-Size Penguin Fossils Discovered

... giant penguin have been found at Hampden Beach in southern New Zealand. The fossils, researchers believe, came from a 220-pound ancient penguin species that was about five feet, ten inches tall, t... read more

Fossils of giant ancient penguin found in New Zealand

Fossils from New Zealand have revealed a giant penguin that was as big as a grown man, roughly the size of the captain ... A potentially bigger rival is known only from a fragment of leg bone, making ... read more

Giant penguins, as tall as people, lived in New Zealand millions of years ago

biceae bones were discovered ... penguin, the largest living species today. At about 223 pounds and 5 feet, 9 inches in body length, K. biceae was the size of a human man. “I was amazed at how big it ... read more

200-Pound Penguins Once Prowled the Seas of Ancient New Zealand

Caption: Artistic reconstruction of Kumimanu biceae in size comparison to a human diver. Credit: Reconstruction by G. Mayr/Senckenberg Research Institute The fossilized partial skeleton of the penguin ... read more

Giant Prehistoric Penguin Fossil Found in New Zealand

The giant penguin’s remains were found in the Otago region on New Zealand’s South ... forms reached an enormous size,” said Dr. Gerald Mayr, from the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, Germa... read more

20 Things You Didn't Know About ... Penguins

2. Today, their sizes range from the blue penguin, just over a foot tall, to the emperor penguin, nearly three times as big. Regardless of size, all penguins have the same body plan, including wings t... read more

Klekowskii penguin takes size title away from emperor

They knew by way of the bones they discovered, indicating the penguin was the tallest and heaviest ever to walk the Earth. Detailing Acosta Hospitaleche's work, New Scientist said, "Now she has uncove... read more