The Not-So-Cute Truth About Antarctic Penguins

Hosts Caitlin Saks and Arlo Pérez spend a month at McMurdo Station trying to track down Adélie penguins at the southernmost colony on Earth, only to be beaten back repeatedly by wind and bad timing. What they do find is unglamorous: birds mostly busy fighting, mating, or defecating, and a blunt lesson in how fieldwork actually goes.

Why it's free: Free on NOVA PBS's own channel; GBH first ran it on PBS Terra and NOVA republished it here.