As the planet heats up and sea ice disappears more rapidly, these penguins find it challenging to huddle, mate and breed.

Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented breeding failure in a region of Antarctica where there was total sea ice loss in 2022. The discovery supports predictions that over 90% of ...

They inspire me. Of the 18 different species of penguin, only two (the emperor and Adélie) are actually true Antarctic residents. Breeding colonies of emperor penguins are found around the coast of ...

The emperor penguin is the largest species of penguin in the world and also one of the most unique. Instead of breeding in ...

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with international partners, have developed a ...

High-resolution satellite imagery has documented the existence of 61 Emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica ... amounting to roughly 278,500 breeding pairs worldwide. These smaller colonies, ...

Penguins build their nests in sea ice and depend on this substrate to last beyond December for a successful breeding season. Emperor penguins are dependent on stable sea ice that is firmly ...

The Biodiversity Law Centre, which represents the groups, said the number of penguins had dwindled from 15,000 in 2018 to ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships ... and their survival and reproduction rely on a delicate balance, to which a single disruption can ...

Emperor penguins need reliable sea ice for breeding and raising their chicks. As sea ice disappears or breaks up earlier in the year, entire emperor penguin colonies are declining or vanishing in ...

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died across Antarctica last year as a result of a “catastrophic breeding failure”. “Abrupt reductions” in sea ice that persisted ...

It follows a “catastrophic breeding failure” in 2022, signalling long-term implications for the population, the study’s author Peter Fretwell said. Emperor penguins breed on sea-ice ...