An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert, a government department said Monday.

An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is being cared for by a wildlife expert.

An emperor penguin is being cared for by wildlife experts after becoming the first member of its species to make the 2,200-mile trek from Antarctica to Australia.

This is the first time an emperor penguin has been reported in Australia, according to a wildlife expert. For the first time, an emperor penguin was found in Australia, having made the 2,200 mile swim from its home in Antarctica .

It stood up in the water and waddled straight up to us and just started cleaning itself.” Standing there on the beach in the small town of Denmark in western Australia on Friday afternoon was a male emperor penguin,