Smithsonian Magazine

The Penguins That Thrive—and the Ones Left Behind—as Antarctica Warms

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

The Climate Clock May Be Ticking for Some Antarctic Penguins

In one of the most remote and harsh environments on Earth, three penguin species are telling a story that’s about much more ...

7 animals that exist only in Antarctica and why they are a traveller’s delight

Isolated from the rest of the world by massive oceans and harsh weather conditions, Antarctica has become a habitat for ...

Penguins don't live at the South Pole, and more polar myths debunked

Emperor penguins march along the ice on Cape Washington on Antarctica's Ross Sea. Contrary to popular belief, these ...
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Meet Antarctica's penguins with an ornithologist—here's how

This article was produced by National Geographic Traveller (UK). For the explorer Ernest Shackleton, it was the glory of reaching the South Pole that brought him to Antarctica. For polar polymath ...