Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) belong to the penguin family Spheniscidae. They also go by the name brush-tailed ...

After about three weeks, parents are able to leave the chicks alone, though the offspring gather in groups for safety. Young penguins begin to swim on their own in about nine weeks.

Surprisingly, Adelie penguins appear to prefer reduced ... penguins are able to travel more by swimming than by walking. "For penguins, swimming is a whopping four times faster than walking ...

Gentoo penguins stay on the same island all year round, so they have some flexibility in when they lay their eggs. Cimino says they can wait until the snow melts. But the Adélies are on a strict ...

“Here we show for the first time that a small amount of penguin guano causes a sudden change in the feeding and swimming behaviors of Antarctic krill,” said Dr. Nicole Hellessey, a postdoctoral ...

There's something sweet — perhaps even romantic — about penguin courtship. After spending months at sea, hunting for fish and swimming in the iciest waters, female Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis ...

New research suggests that the presence of penguin poop causes krill to lose ... Sometimes the krill would stop swimming altogether, allowing the flow of water in their holding tanks to carry ...