The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...

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

“This is completely new behavior, not just for gentoo penguins but for penguins in ... a seabird ecologist at British Antarctic Survey in Cambridge. “Kleptoparasitism (the food-stealing ...

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

Discover how the Antarctic midge, Antarctica's only native insect, survives extreme cold through unique adaptations.

What's the only native insect of Antarctica have to do to survive? A research team has uncovered the special ability of the Antarctic midge to prosper in an extreme environment.

Lisa Werner, a music teacher at St. Bruno Parish School in Dousman, traveled last year to Antarctica thanks to a teaching ...

The colossus penguin was probably a good hunter; Because larger penguins are known to be able to hold their breath longer, ...

The harsh reality of Antarctica had seemed only to deepen his entrancement with it. Outside, he often picked up objects—a fragment of a penguin skull, a small rock—and put them in a pocket ...

A piece from the American Institute of Physics points out that Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimming birds in the world, and that ability comes from their unique and sophisticated wings.

Penguins are typically flightless but in this award-winning clip, hundreds of them defied their own limitation by taking a plunge. The one-of-its-kind footage, captured at Atka Bay in Northern ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (WCAX) - The Penguin Plunge benefits Special Olympics Vermont, and is live from the Burlington Waterfront thanks to our partners at the Media Factory. Today’s events include ...