Penguins might be synonymous with the world’s coldest places, but how many species actually are there? For the past 100 years ...

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 finds. Specifically, ammonia released from penguin poop (aka guano) may help to ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia ...

African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) are the first species of penguin to ever make it onto the list of critically endangered animals. They have been having trouble for years due to a loss of habitat ...

WASHINGTON — Warming temperatures are forcing Antarctic penguins to breed earlier and that's a big problem for two of the cute tuxedoed species that face extinction by the end of the century, a study ...

In public discourse, the increasing lifespan in Western countries is often linked to longer life in good health. However, studying human aging in modern societies is complex because outcomes are ...