In the rapidly warming Antarctic, two species of penguins are in dramatic decline. That’s the news out of a new study published by Oceanites, a nonprofit organization that closely monitors penguins ...

The Adélie penguin is one of two true Antarctic penguins—the other being the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri)—and it inhabits the full extent of the continent. The penguins nest on land during ...

Antarctic penguin populations have dropped more than 25 percent on average over the past two decades, according to a new report released Tuesday from the nonprofit environmental group Oceanites.

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 ...

Climate change in Antarctica, cooling in some places and warming in others, is causing a dramatic shift in the population of Adélie penguins, according to a paper published online June 29 in ...

Is there anything cuter than a penguin? Well, maybe. But they rank at the upper reaches of the cuteness scale. From their tuxedoed appearance to their waddling way of walking, they bring a smile to my ...

There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact, you can see it from space, if you know where to look. Researchers often use satellite observations to study Adélie penguin populations and ...

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 ...

Typically, humans have sent satellites into space to hunt for the most otherworldly and mysterious objects: black holes, quasars and exoplanets. But at least one NASA-funded team is using our eyes in ...

Animal campaigners have raised the alarm over a "catastrophic breeding failure" among 18,000 pairs of Adélie penguins in Terre Adélie, Antarctica at the start of 2017 that left just two of the ...

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 Antarctic ...