Bertie Gregory, a National Geographic cinematographer, catches emperor penguins jumping off a 50-foot Antarctic glacier in ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to adapt to one of the world’s most extreme environments.

A film crew spotted 700 emperor penguin chicks gathering ... raising their chicks high up on ice shelves. This means the chicks are being forced to jump into the ocena from much taller heights.

Emperor penguins are dependent on stable sea ice that is firmly attached to the shore from April through to January. If the ice fractures before early December, the young fall into the water and ...

Emperor penguins breed and raise their chicks on land-fast sea ice – stable sea ice that is firmly attached to the shore. If this ice breaks up too early, the chicks go into the sea before they ...