The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how Antarctica's ecology and environment are ...

Gaze upon this creature. A chinstrap penguin, poised on wet, dark rock, eyes gently closed, head tilted forward. It appears ...

Penguin colonies are so large that their masses of excrement can be seen from space, offering scientists a useful means of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier, posing a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species ...

Some 150,000 penguins died after a massive iceberg grounded near their colony in Antarctica, forcing them to make a lengthy trek to find food, scientists say in a newly-published study. The B09B ...

Most parents would agree that sleep deprivation is tough. Emperor penguin fathers raise the stakes considerably. During ...

WASHINGTON — Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study ...

Learn how a decade of monitoring reveals why Antarctic penguins are breeding earlier than ever, and what those shifts may signal about life in one of the world’s fastest-warming regions. Gentoo ...

Scientists have often wondered about species that are unique to Antarctica. But the focus has mainly been on animals, like ...

From 40-foot waves in the Drake Passage to close-up encounters with penguins and icebergs, explorers are in for a truly special voyage.

A WWF overview shows that the four populations of penguins that breed on the Antarctic continent are under escalating pressure and facing an extremely tough battle to adapt to the unprecedented rate ...

The emperor penguin, which can grow to about 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall, is the best-known penguin species, but 17 other ...