Pico, whose name means “beak” in Spanish, honors the penguin’s South American roots, while Douglas is named after a settlement on East Falkland Island, home to many rockhopper penguins.

The Islands have the largest gentoo population in the world and second in Rockhopper penguins (Photo: S. Jaffray) According to the most recent count in the Falklands, the number of Gentoo penguin ...

The original 50p coins featured the wrong variety of Rockhopper penguin But one of them featured a variety of penguin that was actually native to an island 4,000km away, making them more valuable ...