Antarctica’s most distinctive bird species currently experiences an urgent survival challenge. The emperor penguin species from Antarctica which survives in extreme conditions has now reached ...

The annual "catastrophic" molt of the emperor penguin makes the birds especially vulnerable to climate change. Peter Fretwell / British Antarctic Survey Emperor penguins are uniquely adapted to life ...

Penguin explorers Archie and Zooey are on a thrilling mission to learn all they can about the cutest, goofiest, and most beloved penguin this side of Antarctica: the Emperor Penguin. Archie and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This month, emperor penguins were actually placed onto the endangered list compiled by the International Union for Conservation of ...

For the first time, geographers from Durham University have used freely available satellite radar images to track emperor penguins through the polar winter—giving a year-round view of their movements.

These birds are on a wing and a prayer. Emperor penguins, indigenous to Antarctica, are now at a frighteningly high risk of death by drowning due to drastic climate change. The prognosis for the black ...

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 ...

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, scientists said after analyzing satellite images of a key part of the continent. The images, ...

Penguins can be some pretty funny creatures. From the adorable way that they waddle around to the idiosyncratic personality traits they exhibit, watching these birds go is always a good time. So, it's ...

The satellites that first mapped emperor penguins could not see a single one of them. Landsat records the surface at 30 meters per pixel, and a four-foot bird disappears long before that. What those ...

Many people consider penguins to be among their favorite creatures on the planet. There's something special about seeing a group of flightless tuxedoed birds gathering in groups and waddling from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — The population of emperor ...