On World Penguin Day, let’s dive into the incredible ways these birds act as the perfect marine scientists, revealing secrets from the icy depths and inspiring scientists around the world.

An Indian research team put a dozen Adélie penguins in East Antarctica through a series of mirror tests early in 2020 to determine if they are self-aware.

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery.

When penguins divorce, the whole colony is impacted 'In good times, they largely stick with their partners, although there’s often a bit of hanky-panky happening on the side.' ...

Mega penguin analysis Zeroing in on an iconic penguin trait, flippers, the team used techniques like laser scanning and environmental analysis to estimate various aspects of the two extreme species.

New emperor penguin colonies have been discovered. The discovery was made as scientists analyzed guano, or bird poop, from satellite imagery.

The evolution of penguins from their flying seabird ancestors into the flightless denizens of marine environments from frigid Antarctica to the tropical Galapagos Islands is among the wonders of ...

Penguins are champion power nappers. Over the course of a single day, they fall asleep thousands of times, each bout a few seconds long, a new study has found. Although animals have a wide range ...

smelly shield Penguin poop may help preserve Antarctic climate Ammonia aerosols from penguin guano likely play a part in the formation of heat-shielding clouds.

The title of the largest penguin ever documented goes to the species Kumimanu fordycei, which was first described in February 2023. Daniel Ksepka at the Bruce Museum in Connecticut and his ...

A 13-year study of tiny penguins in Australia has dispelled the long-held myth that these seabirds mate for life, with the 'divorce rate' nearly 10 times that of the current statistics for US ...