Though they move with the famed “penguin waddle” they are capable ... When food is short, only one of the two chicks may survive. After about three weeks, parents are able to leave the chicks ...

Some penguin chick species experience a shocking 90% mortality ... harsher risk to the existence of penguins. Interestingly, Adelie penguins have managed to evade the list of endangered species ...

Chicks’ downy feathers are not waterproof, and not a single chick from a colony of 30,000 adult pairs survived the 2013-14 breeding season. We’re working with French polar scientists at Dumont ...

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 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 ...

An Adelie penguin with its chicks in East Antarctica. Picture: David Killick “Looking at different concentrations and other species of animals in future studies and how they make krill behave ...

A pair of Adelie penguins before going for a ‘feed dip’ Adelie penguins can only survive in a sea ice environment Miniature cameras attached to a penguin's head have given Japanese scientists ...