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

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

The dramatic images reveal how shrinking sea ice is forcing the birds into smaller, increasingly crowded groups.

Scientists have discovered a “catastrophic” new threat to Antarctica’s fragile ecosystem after studying blotches on satellite ...

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

In A Nutshell The Antarctic Peninsula is already warming faster than the global average, having exceeded 1.5°C of regional ...