Adélie penguins shake their heads for several reasons. The primary purpose is to remove excess salt, which can accumulate when they’re swimming. Glands above their eyes filter the excess salt ...

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 – ...

A pair of Adelie penguins before going for a ‘feed dip ... to a penguin's head have given Japanese scientists a bird's eye view of the creature's incredible underwater hunting skills.

Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...

Which just goes to show there is a lot more to these spectacular seabirds than meets the eye. To find the best nest site, Adelie penguins undertake the longest penguin migration on Earth.

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 ...