A sleek Magellanic penguin native to the far-southern reaches of South America has been seen zipping through warm, shallow water off Rio de Janeiro — to the amusement of throngs of beachgoers. ...

Presenter and wildlife conservationist Connel Bradwell finds there is evidence of same-sex courtship in almost every animal ...

Penguins are flightless birds found primarily on the coasts and islands of Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand, ...

The penguins were said to be released back into the wild after testing was complete. “We hypothesize that Adélie penguins, given their intrinsic ability to immerse themselves in socially ...

Adelie penguins stand on sea ice next to Comb Island, Danger Islands, Antarctica, where they discovered a previously unknown colony. Michael Polito/Louisisana State University via AFP/Getty Images.

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which scientists say may be significant to regulating the climate ...

The Adélie penguin, or Pygoscelis adeliae, is a penguin species commonly found along the For flight-ready birds, these often involve complex dance moves and peacock-like displays of grandeur.

Adélie penguin populations on the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula have declined dramatically in recent decades, while gentoo penguins there have become more plentiful. In other parts of ...

Millions more Adélie penguins may be marching across Antarctica than earlier counts suggested. Nearly six million of the tuxedoed penguins may live in East Antarctica, more than double the ...

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the ...

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.