A penguin’s cute exterior is equally matched to its friendly disposition. As a species, penguins are rarely aggressive and lean more curious. Around humans, a penguin can be observant ...

Several predators target Adelie penguins, including seals and seabirds such as giant petrels. However, even when facing down larger predators, Adelie penguins aren’t ones to back down from a fight.

The robot has been deployed in Adelie Land, Antarctica, where the 2005 documentary March of the Penguins was filmed, and allowed researchers to study the animals from over 650 feet (200 meters) away.

The Adélie is the littlest, and also the most widespread, species of penguin in the Antarctic. They might look a bit clumsy on land, but penguins are brilliant swimmers. They can dive down to 180m – ...

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 ...

Adélie penguin populations on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula have declined dramatically in recent decades, while gentoo penguins there have become more plentiful. In other parts of ...