The Pittsburgh Penguins named Dan Muse as the 23rd head coach in franchise history on Wednesday. He replaces Mike Sullivan, who had been head coach for nine-plus seasons before he and the team ...

I waded in the South Atlantic with penguins. Yes, penguins. The ones we used to call Jackass penguins when I was working at the New England Aquarium in the 70s. They are now called African penguins.

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.

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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 ...

Ammonia in penguin and seabird poop could help increase the formation of clouds. Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to ...

Ammonia released from penguin guano may help to reduce the effects of climate change in Antarctica by contributing to increased cloud formation, according to an analysis published in ...

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the formation and persistence of low clouds, which cool the climate by ...

An African penguin chick made its grand debut at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs earlier this month, hatching from its egg on April 8. “Waddle we do with all this cuteness?” ...

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The world’s oldest penguin has celebrated her 37th birthday with a cake made of fish and ice. Humboldt penguin Spneb has lived at Paradise Park zoo, in Hayle, Cornwall, since 1988. Marking the ...

The clip of the rockhopper mom facing off with a giant sea lion comes from National Geographic's upcoming docuseries, 'Secrets of the Penguins' National Geographic/Youtube The drama of the animal ...