Adult emperor penguins and chicks alike are preyed upon by leopard seals and killer whales. Today, the emperor penguin is listed by the IUCN as a species that is Near Threatened to becoming ...

When an emperor penguin swims through the water ... the extra speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin’s feathers.

Emperor penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat creatures like squid and small fish, and are an important source of food for predators like leopard seals and large sharks. By ...

Southern Rockhopper Penguin on the stormy coast of Isla de los Estados, Argentina on The Americas Season 1, Episode 10. Photo ...

Shooting Stars Capturing the flight of emperor penguins in Antarctica is no easy ... I was also hit by a leopard seal. Its strategy is to fly out of the water and knock over penguins like bowling ...

Paul was not the only mammal lying patiently in wait on the edge of the Ross Sea, Antarctica, to greet the explosion of emperor penguins. Leopard seals – measuring up to three and a half metres long – ...

In July 1911, it took Apsley Cherry-Garrard, Edward Wilson and Henry Bowers 19 days to travel from Cape Evans to the emperor ...

So it was a big surprise to discover wild leopard seals feeding alongside one another while eating king penguins at South Georgia, a remote island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. On top of this ...