Penguins are so cute with their tuxedo-like feathers, their adorable waddle, and the way they slide on their bellies across the ice. Navigating frigid conditions is second nature to these cool ...

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest of all penguins, typically reaching up to 39 inches (100 cm) in height and weighing up to 100 pounds (45 kilograms.) They get their name from their ...

The iceberg could be around 15m (49ft) tall, meaning the penguins could not climb it. “There’s an ice crack, so they might have been able to dive through it,” he says.

As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one of the continent’s most iconic species: emperor penguins.

Hundreds of Emperor penguin chicks that scientists feared had been cut off from their parents after an iceberg broke-off and blocked their path, have survived.

On her first dedicated scientific voyage to Antarctica in March, the Australian icebreaker RSV Nuyina found the area sea-ice ...

Iceberg double the size of Greater London is heading towards South Georgia, a British Overseas Territory. Sign in. News ... a wildlife haven known for its colonies of Emperor Penguins.

Some penguins can grow up to 45 inches tall and weigh up to 100 pounds, so when a group gathers on an iceberg, it’s no surprise that the added weight can cause it to tip.