The Adélie is the littlest, and also the most widespread, species of penguin in the Antarctic. They might look a bit clumsy on land, but penguins are brilliant swimmers. They can dive down to 180m – ...

For their land-bound cousins, like the Adélie penguin, mating rituals function more like a commodity exchange than a dance recital. The Adélie penguin, or Pygoscelis adeliae, is a penguin ...

For the first time, scientists have counted all the world’s Adelie penguins -- a sprightly seabird considered a bellwether of climate change –- and discovered that millions of them are ...

We’re working with French polar scientists at Dumont D’Urville Station in east Antarctica to monitor the lives of Adélie penguins. Climate change is complex. While disappearing sea ice poses a threat ...

Today is World Penguin Day, a special day in which the Adelie penguin supposedly begins ... allowing them to easily catch their prey. A group of penguins in the water is called a “raft ...

In biology this is often defined by a group of organisms that share ... To find the best nest site, Adelie penguins undertake the longest penguin migration on Earth. Chinstrap penguins live ...

As Antarctica’s icy grip melts away under climate change, a forgotten legacy of early polar explorers may threaten not only ...