The emperor penguin population could be cut in half by the 2080s, IUCN predicted. The Antarctic fur seal population was already halved between 2000 and 2026, the agency noted. Experts attributed the ...

Turns out penguins may not be the cute and cuddly creatures the world perceives them to be ...

"Penguins are already among the most threatened birds on Earth," Martin Harper, CEO of BirdLife International, said. "The emperor penguin’s move to endangered is a stark warning that climate change is ...

Growing up, emperor penguins were probably one of your favorite animals—the cute, waddling birds always looked somewhat magical against the endless white of Antarctica. But the heartbreaking reality ...

These birds are on a wing and a prayer. Emperor penguins, indigenous to Antarctica, are now at a frighteningly high risk of death by drowning due to drastic climate change. The prognosis for the black ...

Now, only 124 years since this penguin colony was discovered, emperor penguins have officially been listed as endangered, along with the Antarctic fur seal. As the world warms, Antarctic krill are ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Emperor penguins, the only vertebrate to breed during the harsh Antarctic winter, have a nifty way to ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition ...