A pair of Adelie penguins before going for a ‘feed dip ... to a penguin's head have given Japanese scientists a bird's eye view of the creature's incredible underwater hunting skills.

The Adélie is the littlest, and also the most widespread, species of penguin in the Antarctic. They might look a bit clumsy on land, but penguins are brilliant swimmers. They can dive down to 180m – ...

is a penguin species commonly found along the Antarctic coastline. They are best known for their distinct white rings around their eyes and feathers protruding from the base of their bills.

Today is World Penguin Day, a special day in which the Adelie penguin supposedly begins its annual northward migration to Antarctica. In celebration, here are five fabulous facts about these ...

Which just goes to show there is a lot more to these spectacular seabirds than meets the eye. To find the best nest site, Adelie penguins undertake the longest penguin migration on Earth.

For the first time, scientists have counted all the world’s Adelie penguins -- a sprightly seabird considered a bellwether of climate change –- and discovered that millions of them are ...

So we end up with a large population of Adelie penguins in a region likely to remain ... They are identified by a white ring around the eye. They are carnivores, and krill — shrimp-like ...

Scientists in Australia say they have recorded a big drop in a population of Adélie penguins off the east coast of Antarctica. Long-term monitoring has revealed a decrease of nearly 50% in the ...