A colony of about 40,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica suffered a “catastrophic breeding event” after French scientists discovered only two chicks survived at the start of the year — the ...

A colony of about 40,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica suffered a “catastrophic breeding event” after French scientists discovered only two chicks survived at the start of the year -- the ...

Liam Quinn/Wikimedia Commons. A coastal stretch of East Antarctica was littered with the bodies of dead Adélie penguin chicks after a “catastrophic” breeding season saw all but two of the ...

Only two chicks survived in a colony of 36,000 Adélie penguins in Antarctica after a devastating breeding season, according to the World Wildlife Federation.

LOS ANGELES -- Massive icebergs and an unprecedented amount of sea ice have nearly isolated one of Antarctica's largest populations of Adelie penguins, jeopardizing attempts by the birds to breed ...

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 ...

A higher number of penguins suggests that more flightless birds are interacting with humans than previously thought, meaning researchers might need to be more vigilant about protecting breeding ...

Adélie penguin colonies breed around the continent in October in rocky onshore areas, ... An Adelie penguin standing atop a block of melting ice in East Antarctica Thomson Reuters ...

According to Southwell, more than a million birds breed within just 12 miles of a research station. “By identifying significant penguin breeding populations near stations, we can better identify ...

Huge penguin colony discovered on remote Antarctic islands 00:49. A thriving hotspot of some 1.5 million Adelie penguins has been discovered on the remote Danger Islands in the east Antarctic ...

An Adelie penguin arrives at the New Harbor research station near McMurdo Station in Antarctica on November ... More than 80,000 pairs of Adélie penguins breed annually along the Antarctic coast.