Emperor penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat creatures like squid and small fish, and are an important source of food for predators like leopard seals and large sharks. By ...

The black and white coloring is thought to be particularly important for camouflaging the emperor penguin from predators ...

When an emperor penguin swims through the water ... (As an added benefit, the extra speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin ...

Emperor penguins don’t live on U.S. territory ... during their annual molt and to escape from predators. The penguin population at Pointe Géologie declined by half in the late 1970s when ...

While Secrets of the Penguins' premiere date is still over a month away, PEOPLE has an exclusive first look at the show's ...

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures in a fifth of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, according to a new study from the British Antarctic ...

A large number of emperor penguin chicks were hit by the effects of climate change in 2023 as their icy homes were eroded despite the species’ endeavours to adjust to the shrinking landscape ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...