We know this because the word for ‘poem’ in old Japanese, uta, is also the word for ‘song’, and there is a tradition of the oral performance and recitation of Japanese poetic compositions that remains ...

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Country music may not be known for songs about rage — heavy metal and hard rock have the market cornered on that one — but that doesn't mean that the country genre can't supply an excellent ...

In Australia during the 1940s a small group of subversive writers and artists formed calling themselves 'the Angry Penguins'. Here is the place to unwind and not have to worry that someone might ...

A celebrity penguin, which made international headlines after forming an attachment to a cardboard cut-out in a Japanese zoo, has died at the age of 21. Tobu Zoo in Japan's central Saitama ...

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A penguin whose gay partner died broke into song – prompting his whole colony to follow suit. Sphen, an 11-year-old Gentoo ...

Sure, you can play Angry Birds on multiple devices, install all the possible versions and spin-offs from the App Store – heck, I’ll even go on to say it’s fine if you bought some of those shady guides ...

In May, she taught students in Cowra a few Japanese songs so that students from Cowra and Japan could sing together at the memorial events held in August. Japanese soprano singer Atsuko Arai ...

While The Penguin is only two episodes into its eight-episode run, the show has already amassed some recognizable songs in its soundtrack. In the show, Oswald loves his music, and it is seen by ...

A penguin who escaped from a zoo in Japan has been found alive two weeks on, in what's been described by zookeepers as a 'miracle'. Pen-chan, a six-year-old female Cape penguin, escaped from an event ...

At WWF we're helping to protect penguins and other vulnerable species in the Antarctic and around the world. Now that you and your school have sung the wonderful Penguins! song, you can help WWF by ...