It's not unusual for emperor penguin chicks to march toward the ocean at a young age, even when they're just 6 months old.

For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing ...

They must fledge before the ice breaks up A catastrophic die-off of emperor penguin chicks has been observed in the Antarctic, with up to 10,000 young birds estimated to have been killed.

The study by the British Antarctic Survey found that record-low sea ice levels in 2023 contributed to the second-worst year for emperor penguin chick mortality since observations began in 2018.