The highlighted chicks include four gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua) and four chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus). Antarctic penguins losing to climate change through 80% krill decline ...

Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis antarcticus) feeding its chicks (IMAGE) University of Cambridge Caption Birds use their beaks for a diverse range of tactile functions (much as primates use their hands), ...

Chinstrap (Pygoscelis antarcticus) penguins at Deception Island, in the western Antarctic Peninsula. Penguins in Antarctica, a region on the front line of climate change, are adapting by shifting ...

Dozing off while reading a book or working at a computer is a familiar experience to many of us. Birds are also known to engage in these ‘microsleeps’ — but one species seems to have mastered the art ...

In recent weeks, 512 Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus) have washed up dead in Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Although badly composed, researchers do not see any obvious signs why ...