When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...

Scientists have observed an unusual surge in the population of Gentoo penguins in Antarctica that poses a threat to the existence of the other penguin species. A 2016 report addressed the rising ...

An engineer working thousands of miles from home in Antarctica has befriended one of the locals – and has named his new ...

A forty year study on a remote Antarctic island shows that while populations of two penguin species are declining, while a third is increasing. Analysis of census data from Signy Island in the ...

Gentoo penguins are one of 17 penguin species in the world and there are said to be around 600,000 of them in the Antarctic ...

These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

If you ever find yourself in Antarctica, you’d likely happen across colonies of Gentoo penguins—living together in harmony. These charming birds aren’t just social, but they’re also ...

Tourism in Antarctica is on the rise, with around 105,000 visitors a year to what are highly sensitive ecological areas. Marc Cieslak finds out how gentoo penguins are adapting to a warming climate.

shows that the four populations of penguins that breed on the Antarctic continent â€" Adélie, Emperor, Chinstrap and Gentoo â€" are under escalating pressure. For some, global ...

“We visited a gentoo penguin colony and got to walk among ... Oatman is using her trip as a teaching experience. While in Antarctica, she collected water chemistry data to use with her chemistry ...

Any potential traveler to Antarctica who gets even the slightest ... to watch seals or walk among thousands of Adélie and gentoo penguins. The bar aboard the National Geographic Explorer.

Despite the surprisingly arduous start, Dale says since their arrival last month at Port Lockroy, a British Antarctic base ... to protect the colony of gentoo penguins. Dale's typical working ...