Scientists from a handful of universities across the country have made innovative use of satellite images from NASA to ...

The bush-dwelling penguins of New Zealand’s South Island offer Jamie Lafferty an insight into the species’ evolution and ...

Get to know these social birds that populate Antarctica and its surrounding seas. Find out about their lives at the bottom of ...

Adélie penguins look harmless waddling up to a camera, but one peek inside their mouths reveals something far more unsettling ...

The comprehensive survey, the first in at least 24 years, was undertaken by Oceanites, a non-profit group that closely monitors penguins and other Antarctic seabirds, in collaboration with researchers ...

Scientists are investigating how Adélie penguin colonies along the coast of Antarctica’s Ross Sea have adapted over the last 6,000 years. Jamie Wood Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia ...

An emperor penguin that appeared on an Australian beach journeyed over 2,000 miles from its native Antarctica in what could be the first appearance of the species on the continent. The penguin ...

The cold that makes the huddle necessary Wind chill on the Antarctic breeding grounds of emperor penguins can drop to -60°C.

Many travelers make Antarctica their last journey in reaching all seven continents. But with its amazing wildlife and other-worldly landscapes the time to book a trip on the Seabourn Pursuit is now.

Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new research. The ammonia in penguin guano -- or poop -- could help to reduce the ...