A team from Rutgers University observed that mice lacking a specific gene developed a powerful form of brown fat. This characteristic increased their lifespan by 20% and improved their exercise ...

In a remarkable display of maternal courage, a rockhopper penguin was caught on camera defending her chicks against a massive sea lion near the Falkland Islands. Narrated by Blake Lively ...

Dense, overlapping feathers and a thick layer of insulating body fat shield emperor penguins from the biting Antarctic cold. To defend against the extreme conditions while incubating eggs ...

Penguin chicks, whose coats are made of fluffy down feathers, aren't as protected from the rain as adult penguins. Getting ...

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LOS ANGELES -- In celebration of Earth Month, National Geographic is giving viewers a never-before-seen look at the world of penguins! "If you follow a penguin just for a day, you will realize ...

The Capitals franchise icon was congratulated with a video package during the game, and Penguins fans gave Ovechkin a standing ovation for his accomplishment. A brief “Ovi” chant broke out at ...

CREDIT: National Geographic/Bertie Gregory. Get the Popular Science daily newsletter💡 Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. James Cameron wasn’t near the penguins ...

The long-running rivalry between Penguins' Sidney Crosby and the Capitals' Alex Ovechkin took a rare emotional turn when Pens fans broke tradition and delivered a standing ovation for the Caps ...

Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of the Academy Award-winning documentary, “March of the Penguins,” released on April 21, 2005, this new National Geographic documentary series reexamines ...