That year, seasonal sea ice broke up before penguin chicks had time to develop waterproof adult feathers and about 10,000 baby birds drowned, Jenouvrier said. The colony did not recover afterward.

The Shackleton Ice shelf extends roughly 248 miles along Antarctica’s eastern coast; it is in the northernmost range of Emperor penguins. Sea-ice concentration around the Shackleton Ice Shelf ...

Last year, at least 19 penguin colonies had total breeding failures due to ice melt, causing a mass die-off of chicks. The constant threat of losing their habitat has now forced them to relocate ...

The dramatic loss of sea ice around Antarctica has occurred with the re-emergence of the Maud Rise polynya in the Weddell Sea ...

The Earth’s South Pole is at a climate change crossroads, with Antarctica’s quickly melting ice and expected consistent ocean heat waves.Now, one of its signature species is in trouble. A ...

With climate change threatening their sea-ice habitat, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposes listing the species as threatened under the Endangered Species Act.

Emperor penguins depend on the sea ice that rings the continent of Antarctic, so it's no surprise that global warming, which is expected to melt some of that ice, may be bad news for these ...

Emperor penguins are dependent on stable sea ice, laying their eggs on this 'land-fast' ice in the winter between May and June. They hatch them 65 days later, and raise the chicks to fledge in the ...

WASHINGTON — With climate change threatening the sea ice habitat of Emperor penguins, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Aug. 3 announced a proposal to list the species as threatened under ...

With Antarctic ice melting and sea levels rising, established penguin colonies are being forced to disperse to new places. Dr. Emslie suggests that the penguins could then return to sites like ...

What you likely won’t think about is a phenomenon known as ‘ice piracy’. But according to researchers from the University of ...

Interestingly, the very thing penguins can help control is also one of their biggest threats. New research uncovers stunning global impact of penguin poop: 'They have a synergistic role' first ...