Climate change is also driving penguins to colonize new areas, or to stay in regions longer than they normally would, ...

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 while they swim in the ocean. They also have webbed feet, which help with ...

Pablo “Popi” García Borboroglu and Bertie Gregory have been named the 2025 Rolex National Geographic Explorers of the Year.

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with international partners, have developed a ...

But emperor penguins need a certain amount of sea ice to survive. Too much sea ice increases the distances parents must travel to feed their chicks. Too little ice, however, reduces places to hide ...

They’ve been known to take on potential predators – seals or large seabirds ... Of the 18 different species of penguin, only two (the Emperor and Adélie) are actually true Antarctic residents. The ...

Emperor penguins, like many birds ... this melanistic individual would be more visible to predators, such as killer whales or leopard seals. The normal white belly camouflages the penguin against ...

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 ...