February
17
/ 2023
Scientists have discovered what appears to be the world’s biggest penguin species known to have swum Earth’s oceans or waddled across its surface, and it was the size of a gorilla! This newly revealed species — dubbed Kumimanu fordycei by its discoverers — lived in the Paleocene Epoch approximately 57 million years ago in what is now New Zealand. In an article recently published in the prestigious Journal of Paleontology, researchers reported that the fossilized remains of the world’s biggest penguin were discovered embedded in a boulder lying near a beach in the North Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. “According to our analysis K. fordycei is the biggest penguin currently known," study lead author Daniel Ksepka a paleontologist
