Unstable sea ice is sending some penguins into Antarctica's frigid waters before the birds have a chance to regrow their protective waterproof feathers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emperor Penguins in a snow storm in Antarctica.© Ian Duffy from UK, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Emperor penguins survive ...

Emperor penguins survive Antarctic winters by huddling in massive groups that trap and share body heat. Tiny, synchronized steps ripple through the huddle every 30 to 60 seconds, slowly rotating ...

Animals that are higher up the food chain, such as penguins, are especially vulnerable to changes in the environment.

"It's incredibly energy-intensive and the birds use up to 50% of their body mass," he says. It is "probably the most ...

The birds' already risky molting strategy—in which they shed and regrow all their feathers at once—is becoming even more hazardous due to climate change ...

A chance discovery by British Antarctic Survey scientists has revealed a troubling threat to the survival of emperor penguins. The Madingley-based researchers were examining satellite images when they ...

Longer summers are allowing more king penguin chicks to bulk up and survive the winter, but the penguins' main fishing area is shifting further away as temperatures rise ...

The colony can be seen coming back from the sea early in the morning after collecting lantern fish, squid and krill to feed ...

The tall black-and-white residents of Antarctica, who waddle around its icy landscape, are in peril thanks to the rapidly ...

The United States listed emperor penguins as an endangered species in 2022 because multiple studies project large population ...

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers said ...