Adélie penguins in East Antarctica may be in serious trouble: A population of the small black-and-white birds has shrunk by 43 percent over the last decade, according to new research. Ecologists ...

Researchers found the huge colony of birds on the Danger Islands. — -- A “supercolony” of Adélie penguins has been found on a remote chain of rocky islands in the northern tip of the Antarctic ...

Adélie penguins have been breeding on the West Antarctic Peninsula for centuries, but the region is one of the fastest warming places on Earth. Over the last couple of decades, this changing climate ...

Antarctica’s Cape Crozier is not somewhere tourists or even scientists usually go. To protect one of Earth’s largest Adélie penguin colonies, the area requires special permission to visit. Some ...

Many animals engage in elaborate mating rituals. For flight-ready birds, these often involve complex dance moves and peacock-like displays of grandeur. For their land-bound cousins, like the Adélie ...