From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

Emperor penguins are a symbol of resilience. They endure brutal winters, raise their chicks on shifting ice, and live in some ...

emperor penguins as a whole are struggling to survive as warming temperatures threaten the sea ice they depend on for breeding and feeding. The disruption of their habitat isn't just a crisis for ...

MAN has very seldom had the opportunity of observing the breeding behaviour of Aptenodytes forsteri, the emperor penguin. Few rookeries have so far been discovered; all are around the coast of the ...

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 ...

A 6-year assessment of low sea-ice impacts on emperor penguins by Fretwell, P. is published in Antarctic Science. Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures ...

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 ...

Emperor penguins are vulnerable to different kinds of change in sea ice, such as thinning and reducing in extent and their breeding success – and the very survival of the species - depends on the sea ...