The Denver Zoo Conservation Alliance helped make a Colorado grandmother's dream come true this week. She got the chance to ...

We're witnessing a march of the penguins — not to the edge of the ice, but to extinction. According to new research by the British Antarctic Survey (BAS), the population of emperor penguins in western ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

Video shows a wayward penguin swimming and diving among beachgoers along Brazil’s most iconic shoreline. It might be ...

William Shatner is recounting the time he spoke with a 'diplomatic pooper' penguin while on an expedition in Antarctica with Neil deGrasse Tyson: 'He exploded poop.' ...

Millions more Adélie penguins may be marching across Antarctica than earlier counts suggested. Nearly six million of the tuxedoed penguins may live in East Antarctica, more than double the ...

A massive and surprising change is unfolding around Antarctica. Scientists have discovered that the Southern Ocean is getting saltier, and sea ice is melting at record speed, enough to match the size ...

The ocean around Antarctica is rapidly getting saltier at the same time as sea ice is retreating at a record pace.

Antarctica is experiencing rapid warming due to climate change caused by human activities. But a new study suggests penguin poop might help keep the place cool. The study found that the smell of ...

A new paper by the Australian Antarctic Program Partnership has, for the first time, published the total global impact of sea ice loss on ocean currents, ice shelves, wildlife and shipping access. The ...