Rutgers' research reveals the widespread presence of mercury pollution in Earth’s polar regions. In 1962, environmentalist ...

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren't as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting ...

These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...

Ahead of Earth Day, a sneak peek for National Geographic's The Secrets of the Penguins is revealed. Watch it here!

Golden penguins are a super interesting variety of penguins, and they are rarely ever captured on camera. As seen on this ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

A pair of penguins huddle together on the vast Antarctic tundra and prepare to make a crucial exchange. Mother penguin lowers ...

For researchers, penguins are more than charismatic wildlife – they are living indicators of global pollution including that ...

Penguin feathers from the Antarctic Peninsula reveal mercury contamination, despite no local human sources. Mercury, a neurotoxin, bioaccumulates in food chains, affecting fish-eating animals.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – Michigan is home to the “World’s Most Popular Penguin.” Phil the penguin, from John Ball Zoo, was declared ...