Adélie penguins live on the Antarctic continent and on many small, surrounding coastal islands. They spend the winter offshore in the seas surrounding the Antarctic pack ice. Adélies feed on ...

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 – ...

The well-preserved dehydrated carcasses of the Adelie penguins with intact skeletal structures ... as judged by size and porous bone surfaces,” the paper stated. The study explained that ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

Adélie penguin populations have dropped precipitously over the last 50 years due to a reduction in their major food source -- krill. Young krill feed on algae living on the underside of sea ice.

Today is World Penguin Day, a special day in which the Adelie penguin supposedly begins its annual northward migration to Antarctica. In celebration, here are five fabulous facts about these ...