The tall black-and-white residents of Antarctica, who waddle around its icy landscape, are in peril thanks to the rapidly ...

Penguins are dramatically shifting their breeding season as the Antarctic peninsula warms, a recent study finds. From 2012 to ...

Male emperor penguins carefully balance a single egg on their feet, protecting it from the ice while enduring temperatures ...

This footage of the penguins taking a surprise dive is a reminder that small events can show bigger problems in fragile places like Antarctica.

"It's incredibly energy-intensive and the birds use up to 50% of their body mass," he says. It is "probably the most ...

Unstable sea ice is sending some penguins into Antarctica's frigid waters before the birds have a chance to regrow their ...

The penguins were intrigued, perhaps for good reason. Dressed head to toe in sterile personal protective gear, three ...

The United States listed emperor penguins as an endangered species in 2022 because multiple studies project large population ...

The birds' already risky molting strategy—in which they shed and regrow all their feathers at once—is becoming even more hazardous due to climate change ...

A chance discovery by British Antarctic Survey scientists has revealed a troubling threat to the survival of emperor penguins. The Madingley-based researchers were examining satellite images when they ...

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change ...

In the Antarctic Peninsula, precipitation is increasingly falling as rain rather than snow, with consequences for glaciers, ...