Penguins are far more resilient and complex than their playful image suggests. They endure extreme cold, exhausting journeys, packed breeding colonies, and declining food sources through a mix of ...

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the world’s ...

There are many poorly understood links in the food web, often referred to as trophic relationships. Out in East Antarctica, a previously unconfirmed link between sea snails and Adélie penguins might ...

There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact, you can see it from space, if you know where to look. Researchers often use satellite observations to study Adélie penguin populations and ...

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way among many that climate change is transforming life at the bottom of the ...

Adélie penguins may look like a bunch of bumbling cartoon characters, but they live under rules stricter than a gated community with too much free time and a neighborhood watch on steroids. There’s no ...

Observed every year on April 25, World Penguin Day celebrates one of the most charming and resilient creatures on Earth. The date coincides with the northern migration of Adélie penguins in Antarctica ...

It’s the real-life version of “Homeward Bound,” but instead of dogs and cats, this story involves a young penguin that somehow ended up 1,800 miles from home. Pingu, an Adélie penguin, was recently ...

Rare 'blonde' penguin spotted in Antarctica. See the photo. Rare 'blonde' penguin spotted in Antarctica. See the photo. Bird migration is one of nature’s great wonders. Here’s how they do it. Bird ...