These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing ...

Here's what's next for this icon. Pesto the penguin is shedding. Here's what's next for this icon. For Antarctica’s emperor penguins, ‘there is no time left’ For Antarctica’s emperor ...

Emperor penguins establish their colonies on sea ice under extremely specific conditions. Yet, this ice will gradually melt as the climate warms, depriving these birds of their habitat ...

Emperor penguins are incredibly difficult to monitor. Their remote and inhospitable location makes it almost impossible to track them, which is why researchers have turned to satellite images.

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 ...

Unlike other birds, male emperor penguins do not sit on their eggs; they stand, balancing the egg on their feet. Photograph by Rob Reijnen / Minden Pictures Emperor penguins live up to their name ...

Lanting authored Penguin, a book of now-iconic images of emperor penguins. A new scientific paper concludes that, without strong action to combat climate change, 81% of the world’s emperor penguins ...

Emperor penguins are dependent on stable sea ice that ... The researchers have examined satellite images from the European Commission’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission showing the loss of sea ...

Emperor penguin chicks are born “into the darkness ... said BAS geographer Peter Fretwell in Scientific American. Images taken by the European Space Agency’s Sentinel-2 satellite late last ...

The scientists examined satellite images that showed the loss of sea ice at breeding sites, well before chicks would have developed waterproof feathers. Emperor penguins are dependent on stable ...