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

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

Geriatric African penguins don’t have to worry about younger birds bombarding the buckets of fish delivered by trainers at ...

Conservation NGOs and commercial sardine and anchovy fisheries in South Africa have reached an out-of-court settlement ...

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

The penguin poop didn’t only influence krill movements. In another phase of the experiment, researchers noticed the ...

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 ...

The birds are smaller than Emperor penguins and only exist in southern Africa Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to ...

The African penguin population has plummeted astronomically thanks to overfishing, climate change and other threats ...

If pollution continues at current levels, scientists predict that by 2100, many emperor penguin colonies will be extinct. Their disappearance would be another sign of ecological instability that could ...

Vijayan’s portfolio of work includes a cheeky photo of a mother emperor penguin peering through the lens of a camera as its offspring looks on. The Nature Photography Contest awarded honors ...

In the end, in the dark, it all came down to three things — experience, good judgment in the face of uncertainty, and penguin meat. It was 1903, their second winter on the White Continent.