The most important nitrogen sources for the Marion Island ecosystem are the excreta of birds that forage at sea. Eighty percent of the nitrogen excreted by penguins during their molt fast appeared to ...

"Nightline" travels to Patagonia to visit enormous penguin colony. PUNTA TOMBO, Argentina<br> Feb. 9, 2010 &#151; -- Maybe it's their endearing waddle. Maybe it's their seemingly analytical gaze. Or ...

CAPE ROYDS, Antarctica — As gale-force winds strafe the icy waters of McMurdo Sound, a leopard seal cruises through the whitecaps gnawing on an Adelie penguin. Four other birds dart through the waves ...

An unlikely pair – a scientist and an emperor penguin – have become the closest of friends, in one of the most remote locations on the planet. SEE THE PICTURES + VIDEO >> Australian Antarctic ...

THE numbers of NATURE containing the interesting discussion on this subject have only lately reached us, and it is late to bring forward anything on the question, yet the readers of NATURE will be ...

Seeing penguins in the wild has been something I’ve wanted to do for a long time. In fact, seeing them has been on my bucket list for much longer than bucket lists have been a thing! We saw two of the ...

Polar bears have become the poster child for climate change, but at the opposite end of the globe another beloved animal is facing a major threat from the warming climate: penguins. By the end of the ...