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, ...

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 ...

Research has estimated that almost 6 million Adélie penguin live in East Antarctica, more than double the previous count. The jump in population is to due a new counting method that took into account ...

Adélie penguins seem to have passed a portion of the mirror test, in which animals that see their reflection in a mirror appear to recognise that they are seeing themselves and not another individual.

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A species of penguin may have just seen itself into an exclusive club of creatures that recognize themselves in the mirror. An Indian research team put a dozen Adélie penguins in East 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 ...

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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, unbothered, and ...

A lone penguin trudging away from its colony, heading not toward the sea but toward the empty white interior of Antarctica, looks like a creature bent on self-destruction. The bird’s solitary march ...