Dewar said that the dead Adelie penguins were found frozen solid ... predators which feed on penguin eggs and chicks. About 20 million pairs of penguins breed in the Antarctic each year, according ...

During brooding (the period in which penguins are getting ready to incubate their eggs), Adelie penguins have been known to point their rear ends away from the nest and release a projectile of ...

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 – ...

The egg usually hatches before the female returns to rear her chick, while the male – having not eaten for four months - makes the journey to the sea to feed himself but also provide for his chick.

Scientists have used ancient DNA to help reconstruct 6,000 years of penguin history at the South Pole. The researchers found that Adélie penguins had taken over the habitat of southern elephant ...

The group of nine rocky islands, which lie off the northern tip nearest South America, in the northwest Weddell Sea, housed the third- and fourth-largest Adelie penguin colonies in the world, ...