Emperor penguins live in some of the most remote and environmentally pristine regions in the world. But that doesn't mean ...

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

The world’s oldest penguin has celebrated her 37th birthday with a cake made of fish and ice. Humboldt penguin Spneb has lived at Paradise Park zoo, in Hayle, Cornwall, since 1988.

Project Earth: Emperor penguins threatened by climate change 02:53. Melbourne, Australia — An emperor penguin found malnourished far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast is ...

The loss of Antarctic sea ice—caused by increased global temperatures—could cause emperor penguins to be nearly extinct by the end of the century, according to a study published Thursday, the ...

Of 62 known penguin colonies, around 30% were harmed by low sea-ice levels last year — and 13 likely failed entirely, Fretwell said. “That this could happen doesn’t shock me, but I’m ...

Then, in a gutsy display of courage, the little penguin did a little hop, jumping onto the intact sheet of ice. With a ...

As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one of the continent’s most iconic species: emperor penguins.

Penguins feed mainly on Antarctic krill, ... But early this year, sea ice reached a record-shattering low of less than 700,000 square miles, breaking the previous record set just last year.

Emperor penguins depend on sea ice stuck to the edge of the Antarctic continent as a habitat to lay eggs and raise their young until they can swim and fend for themselves.

Penguins feed mainly on Antarctic krill, ... But early this year, sea ice reached a record-shattering low of less than 700,000 square miles, breaking the previous record set just last year.