Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) belong to the penguin family Spheniscidae. They also go by the name brush-tailed penguins due to the long, still feathers on their tails that often sweep the ...

Humpback whales put in several close appearances. We ran two excursions today off the ship —a morning landing at a penguin colony and an afternoon zodiac cruise at a spectacular island of weird ...

Chinstrap penguins are the rockstars of the Antarctic. With their striking black-and-white markings and quirky personalities, they are a sight to behold. These penguins have a lot more going for them ...

And if you’re wondering, yes, penguin experts say penguins absolutely do “pebble” for their families. Some Antarctic penguins ― Adélie, chinstrap and gentoo ― collect pebbles to build their nests, ...

The first location is Half Moon Island, a craggy outcrop of the South Shetland group, home to an important chinstrap penguin rookery. Overcast, with a chill wind, tensions in the flotilla are high.

A tale of penguins and prejudice is a parable of modern America When two male penguins hatched an egg in Central Park, they set off an enduring controversy ...

Nesting chinstrap penguins take more than 10,000 micronaps per day, according to a new study. National Geographic senior editor Christine Dell’Amore comments on how this benefits penguin parents.