From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments.

A visually stunning series on National Geographic highlights the cooperative strategies penguins use to survive harsh ...

“This winter travel is a new and bold venture,” Scott wrote as his men trudged ... a colony of emperor penguins at Cape Crozier, and learned that these birds lay their eggs only in midwinter.

Years of filming, often in extreme conditions, has provided new insights into the extraordinary challenges endured by ...

The new National Geographic miniseries Secrets of the Penguins visits the type of world Avatar filmmaker James Cameron is ...

Irene Wright McClatchy News The large mass of land and ice on the southern tip of the planet is ruled by the emperor penguin. Standing more than 4 feet tall, the massive bird is the largest ...

Microbes living beneath Antarctica’s ice sheet may survive on methane generated by geothermal heat rising from deep below Earth’s surface. The discovery could have implications for assessing ...

Captured smelt from Lake Superior inside a cooler belonging to Johnny Thao of St. Paul. The Minnesota Department of Health has updated its advice on how much fish is safe to eat from certain lakes ...