On an expedition in Antarctica, Conor Ryan of Scotland documented Adélie penguins, whose population is declining as temperatures rise. Natnattcha Chaturapitamorn, of Bangkok, journeyed to Disko ...

It overlooks a colony of Adelie penguins, and scientists who study ... A Note to our Readers Smithsonian magazine participates in affiliate link advertising programs. If you purchase an item ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

If you’ve walked past the penguin exhibit at the zoo, then you’ve likely caught a whiff of their unpleasant-smelling poo. The smell has perhaps made you want to cover your nose and, despite a ...

Picture: Peter Harmsen/Australian Antarctic Division Poo, or guano, from Adelie penguins was collected and fed into man-made water channels against seawater with algae, or both algae and guano.

New research suggests that the presence of penguin poop causes krill to lose their appetite, among other behaviors. Krill are like the popcorn shrimp of the Southern Ocean—everyone from whales ...

Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, the birds’ nutrient-rich guano allows mosses and other organisms to flourish in an otherwise inhospitable place. And, since poop stains on the ...

In 1962, when environmentalist and author Rachel Carson penned 'Silent Spring,' alerting the world to the dangers of the pesticide DDT, it was the reproductive threat to birds -- the bald eagle in ...

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