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, ...

For 6,000 years, Adélie penguins have unknowingly documented the changing climate of Antarctica—not in journals or fossils, but through their poop. In a groundbreaking study published in Nature ...

There is no shortage of penguin poop in Antarctica. In fact, you can see it from space, if you know where to look. Researchers often use satellite observations to study Adélie penguin populations and ...

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 ...

Antarctica’s harsh, icy environment is home to a surprising array of wildlife, from iconic penguins to seals and tiny yet ...

This research was part of the Ross Sea Region Research and Monitoring Programme,, funded by the New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation and Employment. Theresa Cole does not work for, consult, ...

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 ...

Preparations are underway for the arrival of the deadly H5 strain of bird flu in the Australian Antarctic Territory, as ...