Thousands of penguin chicks died in Antarctica last year as a result of the increasing ice melt. The record low level of ...

April 25 is World Penguin Day. To celebrate, we’re exploring the world of these wonderful waddlers–from what makes them fun ...

As a kid, I was absolutely enamored with the zoo. Going there allowed me to see animals up close that I wouldn’t otherwise ...

The deeper you go, the bigger they get. This is an adage that applies to much of the life eking out an existence in the crushing depths of our oceans. Near the surface, tiny crabs are terrified of ...

Typically, Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) rear their young on free floating platforms of sea ice that blow from the ice shelf before slowly melting every year. When Emperor penguin ...

The team found that P. stonehousei weighed around 110 pounds (50 kilograms), which is slightly above the weight of living emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri). K. fordeycei would have weighed ...

The photographer’s day camp was on one of these floes. Aptenodytes Forsteri (penguins) A hundred feet below the ice, a feather star waves its frondlike arms, groping for food particles.

Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri). Glenn Grant, National Science Foundation. Image is available for media use. The Center for Biological Diversity is a national, nonprofit conservation ...

Marine life is in more and more trouble because of climate change and the wave of problems it brings. Several colonies of ...

The fledglings are typically reared on floating platforms of sea ice, but an unprecedented decline in the ice extent has driven young onto cliffs.

providing a stable home for emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) to rear their young; shielding vulnerable glaciers from ...