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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Emperor penguins are a symbol of resilience ... calls for the addition of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) to preserve breeding and feeding zones in essential places like the Ross Sea and the ...