Less Ice, Bigger Colonies: How Adélie Penguins Adapted to Survive

As climate change continues to alter Antarctic frozen landscapes, animals that live there have had to adapt. Those who are ...
New Scientist

Early penguins may have used dagger-like beaks to skewer prey

Four new fossil species from New Zealand illustrate the striking diversity of the earliest penguins, which possessed long, dagger-like beaks they may have used to skewer prey. The new discoveries ...
Phys.org

Scientists split gentoo penguins into four species, one totally new to science

Gentoo penguins. Credit: Claudia Ulloa The four-foot-tall Emperor penguin of Antarctica may be the most iconic member of this unique family of birds, but 17 other species of penguins populate the ...
Smithsonian Magazine

The Penguins That Thrive—and the Ones Left Behind—as Antarctica Warms

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way among many that climate change is transforming life at the bottom of the ...