Scientists from a handful of universities across the country have made innovative use of satellite images from NASA to ...

Adélie penguins look harmless waddling up to a camera, but one peek inside their mouths reveals something far more unsettling ...

Get to know these social birds that populate Antarctica and its surrounding seas. Find out about their lives at the bottom of ...

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There are many poorly understood links in the food web, often referred to as trophic relationships. Out in East Antarctica, a previously unconfirmed link between sea snails and Adélie penguins might ...

Why sea ice matters: Adélie penguins are 'sea ice obligates,' relying on it for hunting krill and fish, and for proximity to breeding grounds during nesting season. Winners and losers: Populations in ...

WASHINGTON — Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study ...

A short scene from the 2007 documentary Encounters at the End of the World has resurfaced online and taken on a life of its own. The footage shows a single Adélie penguin breaking away from its colony ...

Antarctica is one of the fastest-warming regions in the world and annual average temperatures there reached record highs last year. Gentoo penguins demonstrated the greatest change with the timing of ...

The comprehensive survey, the first in at least 24 years, was undertaken by Oceanites, a non-profit group that closely monitors penguins and other Antarctic seabirds, in collaboration with researchers ...

Temperatures have climbed up to 45 degrees Fahrenheit above normal, stopping ice from forming in the dead of Antarctic winter.