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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cute Emperor Penguins Andy, Jen and Scout head to Antarctica on a global adventure in search of emperor penguins. Take a look at these cute baby penguin chicks Andy's finds on his mission.

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 ...