The discovery of these penguin colonies might sound like good news, but the joy won't last long as climate change surges.

Emperor penguins are large birds that stand around 4 feet high and weigh up to 100 pounds. They have black feathers on the ...

emperor penguins are the iconic Antarctic species. When I first saw them on the ice, I was struck by their serene grace and intricate beauty. Delicate gold patches adorn their chest like an artist’s ...

African penguins are relatively small compared to Emperor and King penguins. The birds have black beaks and faces and speckled white bellies. They grow to over 2 feet tall, and weigh up to 11 ...

On Earth Day, the Secrets of the Penguins will be revealed.

Emperor penguins, like many birds, don’t show any individual diagnostic characteristics as adults, unless there is a scar or abnormality. So to identify an individual, or even a male from a ...

Emperors are the tallest and heaviest of the penguin species and need reliable patches of sea-ice on which to breed Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were ...

A large number of emperor penguin chicks were hit by the effects of climate change in 2023 as their icy homes were eroded despite the species’ endeavours to adjust to the shrinking landscape ...

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures in a fifth of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, according to a new study from the British Antarctic ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...