a special day in which the Adelie penguin supposedly begins its annual northward migration to Antarctica. In celebration, here are five fabulous facts about these utterly adorable critters that ...

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 – ...

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 ...

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 ...

It is thought there are as many as 17 to 20 different species of penguin. For example, Gentoo penguins, King penguins, Adelie penguins, Magellanic penguins, Banded penguins, Emperor penguins ...

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