Coolman Island in the Ross Sea, Antarctica, where tens of thousands of emperor penguins gather to raise their young. Known ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Visitors to the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium can now catch a glimpse of two of the zoo’s newest residents after they officially graduated from “penguin preschool.” The zoo ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently added the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) and the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella) to its Red List of endangered ...

WASHINGTON — The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday. Emperor penguins ...

Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica opening in Japan on Tuesday. Officials from the nearly 60 countries ...

Susan Rigetti is author of three books and a former editor at The New York Times and Slate. She is a contributing Globe Opinion writer. Emperor penguins have existed in Antarctica for more than 40 ...

Scientists have identified a hidden summer stage in the emperor penguin life cycle, where hundreds of molting groups gather on West Antarctic sea ice. That discovery reveals a new point of danger for ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. This month, emperor penguins were actually placed onto the endangered list compiled by the International Union for Conservation of ...

Antarctica’s iconic emperor penguin has been deemed an endangered species as the sea ice it depends on shrinks because of rising temperatures. The penguins’ population is expected to drop by half by ...

"Penguins are already among the most threatened birds on Earth," Martin Harper, CEO of BirdLife International, said. "The emperor penguin's move to endangered is a stark warning that climate change is ...

The emperor penguin population could be cut in half by the 2080s, IUCN predicted. The Antarctic fur seal population was already halved between 2000 and 2026, the agency noted. Experts attributed the ...