However, an Adelie penguin is most at home not on land but in the water. They frequently swim at speeds around 5 miles per hour but can move between 25 and 30 miles per hour for short bursts ...

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 ...

An Adelie penguin colony in East Antarctica ... unlike their typical straight swim,” she said. “We don’t know what chemical is in the poo that they detect but they try to get away from ...

“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 ...

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 ...