The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how Antarctica's ecology and environment are ...

Penguin colonies are so large that their masses of excrement can be seen from space, offering scientists a useful means of ...

Freely available satellite radar imaging is being used for the first time to help track colonies of endangered emperor ...

For the first time, geographers from Durham University have used freely available satellite radar images to track emperor ...

Antarctica is one of the coldest places on Earth. Winter temperatures can fall far below freezing, icy winds blow almost constantly, and thick snow covers the landscape for months. For humans, ...

The emperor penguin, which can grow to about 4 feet (1.2 meters) tall, is the best-known penguin species, but 17 other ...

With their charming waddles, heat-conserving huddles and tuxedo-like plumage, emperor penguins are among the world's most ...

In this incredible footage captured by wildlife photographer Piet van den Bemd, a curious penguin waddles down a snowy slope ...

Mon, April 13, 2026 at 12:32 PM UTC Tragedy is unfolding on what remains of Antarctica’s ice floes. As hundreds of emperor penguin chicks emerge from a long winter, what they find isn’t what they’re ...

From 40-foot waves in the Drake Passage to close-up encounters with penguins and icebergs, explorers are in for a truly ...

David Ainley has returned to Ross Island, Antarctica about 20 times since 1968. Rapidly decreasing snow fields are providing more nesting space for Adélie penguins, but because of melting snow, ...