Nothing gets in the way of a baby emperor penguin getting into the water, not even a huge ice cliff. The courage some chicks have in the face of adversity is truly unmatched, serving them well as ...

Emperors are the tallest and heaviest of the penguin species and need reliable patches of sea-ice on which to breed Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were ...

In this clip from the BBC Select documentary Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, we see an emperor penguin meet his chick for the first time - and we learn about the special relationship between father ...

Like other penguin species, emperor penguins are equipped with a spiky tongue for help when eating slippery fish. Chicks rely ...

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 ...

When the exhausted mom returns, it’s her turn to help protect the new chick on her feet so dad can finally eat. Watch emperor penguin families. Elephants aren’t just family—they’re friends.

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 ...

With fewer chicks surviving at many colonies ... and therefore the detrimental impact on emperor penguin breeding success was less than predicted. Several colonies that were badly affected ...

The emperor is the largest living penguin species standing around 115cm tall. Once they have found a partner they usually mate for life and work together to keep their young fed and safe. They might ...

The Lincoln Children's Zoo is looking for a lovely new name for its Humboldt penguin chick ahead of Valentine's Day. The female chick hatched on Dec. 15 and is the second chick of mom, Sharkbait ...

Determined to keep global warming from finally tipping the odds too heavily against emperor penguins’ survival, the Center petitioned back in 2006 to gain Endangered Species Act protection for this ...