The discovery of these penguin colonies might sound like good news, but the joy won't last long as climate change surges.

As the planet heats up and sea ice disappears more rapidly, these penguins find it challenging to huddle, mate and breed.

A new study shows that the mere presence of poop prompted the crustaceans to launch into evasive maneuvers. New research ...

By Stephanie Jenouvrier (*) Emperor penguins thrive on Antarctica’s coastlines in icy conditions any human would find extreme. Yet, like Goldilocks, they have a narrow comfort zone: If there’s ...

White Desert, a winner in Travel + Leisure's 2025 Global Vision Awards, just launched a new foundation focused on combatting ...

In some places, the underside of the sea ice looks like giant green clouds. These are the 'grass meadows' of Antarctica, made ...

The foul stench of penguin poop sets Antarctic krill on edge. In lab experiments, the mere scent of penguin droppings — or guano — sent krill scrambling for escape, researchers report March 20 in ...

To test how krill respond to chemical evidence of nearby penguins, Hellessey and colleagues placed krill into an aquarium at Palmer Station on Antarctica’s Anvers Island. They then separated out ...

Imagine looking at the world through the stalked compound eyes of krill in the Southern Ocean. All of a sudden, a penguin appears like a voracious giant, streamlined like a torpedo, chasing and ...

Unseen mountains, valleys, lakes, and rivers lie under Antarctica’s mile-thick ice sheet. Changes to those hidden rivers could have dramatic global consequences.

Avian flu has wreaked havoc in other parts of the world. According to the World Organization for Animal Health, the United ...