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Bird flu fears have focused on the poultry and dairy industries and human health. But wild animals are threatened, too—at ...

The virus, which scientists call H5N1, has spread like wildfire around the globe in recent years, surprising and horrifying ...

Chester Zoo welcomed 10 penguin chicks. One chick is being raised by same-sex couple Scampi and Flounder.

Satellite photos show emperor penguins in one region of Antarctica declined 22% in the past 15 years.

In Antarctica, penguin poop, or guano, can cover the ground for miles, especially around penguin colonies with thousands of individuals. In fact, large, brown guano stains on Antarctica’s white ...

In places like Antarctica, small things can make a difference. Scientists are finding that penguin waste is helping form clouds, which could be offsetting the effects of climate change.

Scientists already knew that ammonia influenced cloud formation over Antarctica, but the new work specifically tested the connection to penguin poop.

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an unlikely ally in the fight to keep the continent cool: penguin poo.

Penguins in Antarctica. Photo courtesy of Eli Duke (CC BY-SA 2.0) But the effort paid off, because Boyer and his colleagues found something peculiar about penguin guano. In a paper published on ...

advertisement 05-23-2025 IMPACT Why penguin poop might be protecting Antarctica from rising temperatures Scientists find that ammonia wafting from all that guano kicks off an atmospheric chain ...

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