Penguin poop, also known as guano, is notoriously smelly. But the ammonia in the birds’ excrement does more than just ...

According to the team, the data suggests that penguin poop may be helping reduce some of climate change’s effects on an ...

Penguins could be playing a crucial role in stabilizing the climate in Antarctica when they go No. 2, according to new ...

Antarctica's icy wilderness is warming rapidly under the weight of human-driven climate change, yet a new study points to an ...

Penguin poop is creating more clouds. Here’s how - Scientists say they’ve seen ammonia emitted from penguin poop result in ...

New research shows that penguin guano in Antarctica is an important source of ammonia aerosol particles that help drive the ...

When the wind blew from the direction of the colony, ammonia levels spiked, sometimes reaching 1,000 times above normal ...

This story was originally published by Grist with the headline The weird way that penguin poop might be cooling Antarctica on ...

Previous models have found clouds fueled by seabird guano in the Arctic do cool the ground, but the study authors say ...

Oceanwide Expeditions has announced that the company is launching snorkeling as a new activity on sailings in Antarctica. The ...

Animal Pride, a documentary from The Nature of Things, brings these findings into the spotlight. "We've all heard the rhetoric that being queer isn't natural," says naturalist and presenter Connel ...