For their land-bound cousins, like the Adélie penguin, mating rituals function more like a commodity exchange than a dance recital. The Adélie penguin, or Pygoscelis adeliae, is a penguin ...

A little penguin colony in Australia struggles during ... Separated penguins must spend time searching for mates and engaging in courtship displays, which delays breeding. The study authors ...

Penguins do seek greener pastures when the mating season is disappointing. A study lasting a decade has found that although penguins often "mate for life", akin to humans, they also look for ...

The study discovered that divorce rates in these penguins are a key factor in predicting the colonys breeding success.

Male penguins serenade prospective mates with a call known as an "ecstatic display call." Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to ...