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Camille Lin
Initial results from an international expedition along the West Antarctic Peninsula reveal that Adélie penguins are unaffected carriers of avian flu.
Julia Hager
After various experiments, an Indian research team believes that Adélie penguins show signs of self-awareness.
Over the past decade, the population of Adélie penguins at Mawson Station has declined by 43 percent.
Heiner Kubny
Long-term surveys show that the breeding population of Adelie penguins in the Windmill Islands region has increased sixfold over the past 60 years.
Where there is still sufficient sea ice along the Antarctic Peninsula, Adélie penguin populations are also stable. Where it is now too warm, unfortunately not.
Adélie penguins often steal rocks from each other's nests, but new research shows the crafty birds target some nests more than others.
Dr. Michael Wenger
A single Adélie penguin made an errant landing in New Zealand, which some media outlets reported as a sign of climate change.
The Australian Antarctic Division has been studying Adélie penguins and other seabirds on Béchervaise Island for more than 30 years, allowing them to monitor changes in the colonies very closely.
