The birds' already risky molting strategy—in which they shed and regrow all their feathers at once—is becoming even more hazardous due to climate change ...

Unstable sea ice is sending some penguins into Antarctica's frigid waters before the birds have a chance to regrow their ...

The penguins were intrigued, perhaps for good reason. Dressed head to toe in sterile personal protective gear, three ...

Penguins are dramatically shifting their breeding season as the Antarctic peninsula warms, a recent study finds. From 2012 to ...

A chance discovery by British Antarctic Survey scientists has revealed a troubling threat to the survival of emperor penguins. The Madingley-based researchers were examining satellite images when they ...

Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, posing a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study says. Three ...

The United States listed emperor penguins as an endangered species in 2022 because multiple studies project large population ...

Ten of thousands of penguins, clustered together on the Antarctic Peninsula, can produce some potent stenches. Now, scientists have found that all that waste could be powerful enough to cool the ...

This footage of the penguins taking a surprise dive is a reminder that small events can show bigger problems in fragile places like Antarctica.

A gentoo penguin colony at Neko Harbor in Antarctica. An egg is visible at one of the nests. (University of Oxford/Ignacio Juarez Martinez.) (CN) — For millions of years, penguins ruled the Antarctic ...

Macaroni penguin in huge colony with snowy mountain in the background, blue sky, South Sandwich Islands, Antarctica© MZPHOTO.CZ/Shutterstock.com In one of the most remote and harsh environments on ...