Polar bears, the poster children for Arctic climate change, are getting competition for the title of climate change casualty from the opposite side of the globe. Antarctica’s emperor penguins ...

This could form the start of a project for pupils to work on about penguins and the Antarctica, researching the impact climate change and fishing is having on them. They could use the internet to ...

Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin colonies face decline or disappearance if global temperatures are allowed to climb by more than 2°C. Half to three-quarters of major Antarctic penguin ...

Scientists are trying out an alternative bio-indicator – the king penguin – to investigate whether they can be used to monitor the effects of climate change. We are used to hearing about the ...

“If global climate keeps warming at the current rate, we expect emperor penguins in Antarctica to experience an 86% decline by the year 2100,” said seabird ecologist Stephanie ...

The reasons for this aren’t yet clear”, but scientists think “both climate change and natural oceanic cycles” may be responsible. Emperor penguins are “highly vulnerable in a warming ...