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 ...

Many animals engage in elaborate mating rituals. For flight-ready birds, these often involve complex dance moves and peacock-like displays of grandeur. For their land-bound cousins, like the Adélie ...

The image most people have of penguins is how they look on land—wearing their flightlessness as a burden for all to see, ...

Scientists are investigating how Adélie penguin colonies along the coast of Antarctica’s Ross Sea have adapted over the last 6,000 years. Jamie Wood Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, ...