Oceanwide Expeditions has announced that the company is launching snorkeling as a new activity on sailings in Antarctica. The ...

Penguins in Antarctica could actually be helping cool the climate. New research shows they can influence how clouds form ...

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Antarctica is the world's great cooling unit. This vital part of Earth's climate system is largely powered by the annual ...

The third-oldest zoo in the U.S. is evolving to embrace a mission of conservation and education. Here's how that affects the ...

At Roger Williams Park Zoo, the penguins will eat 1 to 1½ pounds of fish daily over two or three feedings. They will be fed small herring, capelin, smelts, trout, minnows, sardines, anchovies and ...

Penguin poop is creating more clouds. Here’s how - Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in ...

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...

Journey to the breathtaking Tabarin Peninsula, a remote and icy wonderland at the northernmost tip of Antarctica. Experience ...

The ammonia from Adélie penguin guano reacts with sulfur-containing gases in the atmosphere to aid in forming clouds, which ...

It’s easy to understand why: With warming temperatures, ice-loving polar bears and ice-loving penguins should both be in real trouble. But things are complicated in Antarctica, and in my experience, ...

Imagine sending a postcard from the end of the world — stamped not by machine, but by hand, in a hut shared with penguins. Welcome to Port Lockroy, better known as the Penguin Post Office ...