Now, researchers have found yet another way to put penguin poo to good use. Adélie penguin guano is helping them study 6,000 years of environmental and biological changes along the coast of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly. But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just stink—it can play a role in cloud formation over Antarctica. Those clouds ...

One penguin species declines, while another thrives on the western Antarctic Peninsula Scientists predict that Adélie penguins could disappear from the western Antarctic Peninsula. Researchers at UD ...

A new study in Genome Biology and Evolution reveals the remarkable persistence and stability of small DNA repeats over 500 million years in Adélie penguins.

Disneynature’s new feature film “ Penguins ” follows the story of a plucky Adelie penguin named Steve. Ed Helms, who is best known for his roles on "The Office" and " The Hangover," brings ...

The team member insisted on sitting inside a machine's bucket that was already filled with a giant scoop of ice.

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 ...