Scientists have discovered a new emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using ... The new site, at Verleger Point West Antarctica, houses around 500 birds and is located at 74° 42’ S, 136 ...

They identified the colony from the birds' guano stains which are brown in color, and easier to identify alongside the ice and rock. The new site, at Verleger Point West Antarctica, houses around 500 ...

chick mortality at the colony. Current predictions suggest that in scenarios in which greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise at current levels, the population of emperor penguins will fall by ...

But researchers examining satellite photos of the nearby Danger Islands spotted what appeared to large amounts of bird guano ... Adélie penguins. They recently described the colony in a study ...

Bird flu may have killed thousands of penguins in Antarctica, researchers have said ... at some time in the proceeding weeks or months. A colony of roughly 280,000 Adelies breed on Heroina Island ...

Viking is only in its third season of sailing to Antarctica ... penguin colony—the first analysis of the group since 1987. As the researchers were counting the charismatic, black and white birds ...

Antarctica, will be their home. They might miss mains electricity and hot water - but the joy is in the company. They'll be sharing the island with a colony of Gentoo penguins. It's breathtakingly ...

Tourism in Antarctica is on the rise, with around 105,000 visitors a year to what are highly sensitive ecological areas. Marc Cieslak finds out how gentoo penguins are adapting to a warming climate.

Antarctic researchers are on high alert for a deadly strain of bird flu, which could hit the continent’s wildlife at any moment – and from there make its way to Australia.

A penguin patiently ... way on a path in Antarctica, a viral video shows. The encounter happened on the Antarctic Peninsula during an expedition. The couple, unaware of the bird behind them ...

Penguins aren’t just found in icy parts of the planet like Antarctica. They're all around ... go to show just how adaptable these remarkable birds are. The penguins are able to survive in ...

Paul was not the only mammal lying patiently in wait on the edge of the Ross Sea, Antarctica ... realised that I wasn’t a penguin and slipped back into the icy water.’ The penguins’ survival is vital ...