As the planet heats up and sea ice disappears more rapidly, these penguins find it challenging to huddle, mate and breed.

Instead of breeding in the warmer summer months like other penguin species, emperor penguins lay and ... leaving the males to ...

and are an important source of food for predators like leopard seals and large sharks. By protecting emperor penguins we’re helping look after their ocean environment, which is good for all the ...

Researchers argue that penguins will do typical things that look like grief from the outside. The emperor penguin trying to warm her baby and vocalizing to wake it up could be an example of this.

Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins ... speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin’s feathers. Like other birds, emperors ...

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 ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) plays a critical role in informing conservation strategies for species like the emperor penguin through scientific assessments and the Red ...

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with international partners, have developed a novel approach to addressing uncertainties in ecological and environmental ...

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 ...