As the fervor of Fat Bear Week rages on, a different corner of the animal kingdom is in trouble: The Antarctic penguin community. Australian researchers studying Adélie penguins point to a plunging ...

Researchers encountered a puzzle at Cape Irizar, a rocky cape located just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast, Ross Sea. He found both ancient and what appeared to be fresh remains ...

Many animals engage in elaborate mating rituals. For flight-ready birds, these often involve complex dance moves and ...

An Adélie penguin native to Antarctica washed ashore on the beaches of Birdlings Flat, New Zealand, this week, more than 1,800 miles from home. The penguin, which locals have named Pingu, likely swam ...

A lone Adélie penguin was found in New Zealand on Friday. Native to Antarctica, the penguin managed to travel over a thousand miles away from its breeding site. It’s only the third time in recorded ...

A penguin’s cute exterior is equally matched to its friendly disposition. As a species, penguins are rarely aggressive and lean more curious. Around humans, a penguin can be observant, unbothered, and ...

An Antarctic penguin’s misadventure has seen it waddle ashore almost 2,000 miles from home. The Adélie penguin, which is native to Antarctica, washed up on the coast of New Zealand on Wednesday. The ...

A beach in Christchurch, New Zealand, had an unexpected visitor this week — a penguin that had traveled roughly 2,000 miles from its native Antarctica. The bird is known as an Adélie penguin and is ...

Antarctica’s Cape Crozier is not somewhere tourists or even scientists usually go. To protect one of Earth’s largest Adélie penguin colonies, the area requires special permission to visit. Some ...