Adélie penguins live on the Antarctic continent and on many small, surrounding coastal islands. They spend the winter offshore in the seas surrounding the Antarctic pack ice. Adélies feed on ...

From the iconic emperor penguin to the Magellanic penguin, these striking photos capture the beauty of the aquatic birds.

Archaeologists amassed over 100 sediment samples in Antarctica to trace the history of Adélie penguins 6,000 years into the past, providing a vivid snapshot to help climate change efforts.

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 ...

Millions more Adélie penguins may be marching across Antarctica than earlier counts suggested. Nearly six million of the tuxedoed penguins may live in East Antarctica, more than double the ...