Archaeologists amassed over 100 sediment samples in Antarctica to trace the history of Adélie penguins 6,000 years into the ...

To study long-term microsatellite dynamics, the study's authors sequenced the genomes of 23 ancient Adélie penguin specimens dating back over 46,000 years, as well as samples from 26 modern ...

Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 ...

“Before this fossil, we had no evidence about the feathers, colours and flipper shapes of ancient penguins,” said Julia Clarke, a palaeontologist at the University of Texas, US, and lead ...

Analysis of sedimentary ancient DNA has illuminated 6,000 years of the lives of Adélie penguin colonies on Antarctica's Ross Sea coast, showing how animals in the region responded to climate and ...

“Modern penguins seem to be less well equipped to survive these rapid environmental changes than ancient penguins because of this decrease in evolutionary rate,” Vanesa De Pietri, an avian ...

CANBERRA, March 5 (Xinhua) -- The study of ancient DNA preserved in sediment has revealed 6,000 years of history for Adelie penguin colonies along Antarctica's Ross Sea coast, shedding light on ...

Adélie penguins are particularly sensitive to changes in their ... Our research provides a case study for how ancient environmental DNA can contribute towards this understanding. /Courtesy of The ...