Adelie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) belong to the penguin family Spheniscidae. They also go by the name brush-tailed ...

Penguin poop may be playing a key role in keeping climate change in check over Antarctica, new research published May 22 ...

Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate change in Antarctica by contributing to ...

Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new ...

The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in ...

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

Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in the creation of fog. The clouds created may be ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

They noticed that when the wind blew from the direction of a 60,000-individual Adelie penguin colony around five miles away, the ammonia concentration increased to as high as 13.5 parts per ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate change in the Antarctic by contributing to increased cloud formation ...

Scientists find that ammonia wafting off the droppings of 60,000 birds contributed to the formation of clouds that might be insulating Antarctica, helping cool down an otherwise rapidly warming ...