Scientists Discover a New Penguin Species That Was Hiding in Plain Sight for Over a Century ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 ...

A species of gentoo penguin previously unknown to science came as the result of an in-depth genetic analysis across 10 ...

Penguins might be doing more for the planet than we thought when it comes to fighting climate change. According to new research, the clouds around Antarctica could be fueled by penguin poop.

Emperor Penguins in a snow storm in Antarctica.© Ian Duffy from UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Even when temperatures drop below zero degrees Fahrenheit in the frigid Antarctic, emperor penguins ...

Rapidly melting polar ice caps have revealed that thousands of years ago, there was a thriving penguin community in the ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The population of emperor ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

Rachael has a degree in Zoology from the University of Southampton, and specializes in animal behavior, evolution, palaeontology, and the environment.View full profile Rachael has a degree in Zoology ...

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic and Antarctic islands. The Southern Hemisphere is penguin territory, although ...