Antarctica’s most iconic species just crossed a threshold that scientists have been warning about for years - and the timeline for action is shrinking fast. Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals ...

Two of Antarctica’s most iconic species, the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) and the Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus gazella), have declined so dramatically and rapidly that they have been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emperor penguins and the Antarctic fur seal were moved to the endangered species list by the international organization that ...

From penguins that fly in the sky to penguins that live in the forestWhen you hear the word penguin, what kind of image comes ...

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 ...

Emperor penguins are a well-known species found only in Antarctica. These resilient creatures can survive even the harshest winters, relying on sea ice for foraging and breeding. However, due to ...

The satellites that first mapped emperor penguins could not see a single one of them. Landsat records the surface at 30 meters per pixel, and a four-foot bird disappears long before that. What those ...

The annual "catastrophic" molt of the emperor penguin makes the birds especially vulnerable to climate change. Peter Fretwell / British Antarctic Survey Emperor penguins are uniquely adapted to life ...

Emperor penguins just slid into a new, unwelcome category: endangered. The International Union for Conservation of Nature on Thursday downgraded the status of the iconic Antarctic species in an update ...

Learn how the IUCN added emperor penguins to the Red List as climate change drives sea ice loss and could cut their population in half by 2080. If you are anything like me, you’ve watched March of the ...

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers said ...

When it comes to heroic dads, it’s hard to outdo the emperor penguin. But a newly released study suggests the reality may fall short of the legend. Male emperor penguins are famous for going without ...