Tag Archive for 'Adélie penguin'

Borowicz et al found that the Danger Islands have 751,527 pairs of Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) -- more than the rest of the entire Antarctic Peninsula region combined. Image credit: Rachael Herman, Louisiana State University / Stony Brook University.

Scientists Find Mega-Colony of Adélie Penguins in Antarctica

Mar 5, 2018 by News Staff

A recent expedition to the Danger Islands, a chain of remote islands off the northern tip of the Antarctic Peninsula, used new technologies to discover...

The jellyfish Diplulmaris antarctica and the Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) swim in the Antarctic waters near Dumont d’Urville station in December 2015. Image credit: Pierre Chevaldonné / CNRS / IPEV.

Penguins Caught on Camera Eating Jellyfish and Other Gelata

Sep 26, 2017 by News Staff

Dr. Jean-Baptiste Thiebot, a marine biologist at the National Institute of Polar Research in Tokyo, Japan, and colleagues have documented nearly 200 cases...