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

Researchers scanning satellite images of West Antarctica stumbled onto clusters of emperor penguins gathered on fast ice to ...

Emperor penguins seem to be vanishing by the thousands during their most vulnerable period, when they must shed and regrow ...

The plight of the emperor penguin might be more dire than previously thought. For the first time, scientists have used ...

When scientists look at the effects of a warming planet on wildlife, the news is almost universally grim. Animals and plants are falling out of sync with each other. Ecosystems are fraying. Coral ...

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers said ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emperor Penguins in a snow storm in Antarctica.© Ian Duffy from UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Emperor penguins survive ...

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

Penguins are far more resilient and complex than their playful image suggests. They endure extreme cold, exhausting journeys, packed breeding colonies, and declining food sources through a mix of ...

Emperor penguins are seeing their habitat cut back by climate change -- with potentially deadly consequences - Copyright DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION/AFP Richard Gill ...