Luckily for Heather Lynch, Adélie penguins eat mostly two things: fish and krill. Krill have a distinct pink color that penguin poop retains. And penguins form colonies, meaning that together, they ...
The color of penguin poop, as seen from space, is offering a new window into how the ecology and the environment of Antarctica are changing over time. Adélie penguins are one of the most abundant ...
Newswise — STONY BROOK, NY—July 8, 2026—Researchers at the State University of New York at Stony Brook (Stony Brook University) are using satellite images of Adélie penguin colonies and their guano to ...
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – Scientists from a handful of universities across the country have made innovative use of satellite images from NASA: to determine the diet of Antarctic Adélie penguins across the ...
Scientists are investigating how Adélie penguin colonies along the coast of Antarctica’s Ross Sea have adapted over the last 6,000 years. Jamie Wood Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, ...
Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly. But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just stink—it can play a role in cloud formation over Antarctica. Those clouds affect ...