The black and white penguin was an adult male that stood three feet tall. At the time it was discovered, it weighed only 51 pounds. A healthy male emperor penguin usually weighs around 100 pounds.

Vulnerable emperor penguin chicks are preyed upon by the enormous Southern Giant Petrel, an animal thought to be responsible ...

The inset displays the indexof global abundance of emperor penguins, representingthe number of adult birds in attendance at colonies during the springtime, calculated annually.Thenumber of emperor ...

Scientists say the colony at the edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf has collapsed with adult birds showing no ... warming in Antarctica could have on emperor penguins in particular.

The organization also expressed fears for the possible disappearance of the species as scientists project that over 90% of emperor penguin ... waterproof adult feathers. Penguins build their ...

This body of work should be both original and outstanding. More than 5,000 male emperor penguins huddle on the sea ice, backs to the wind, heads down, sharing body heat. ‘It was a calm day,’ says ...