When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming sea ...

Emperor penguin populations​ in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, according to a new ...

Using satellite images to survey colonies across the Antarctic Peninsula, the Weddell Sea and the Bellingshausen Sea, BAS ...

Loki may have been an Emperor of the Sea at one point, matching the strength of other top pirates. Among the strongest pirates in the world, becoming an Emperor requires sheer strength and influence.

Satellite photos show a 22 percent decline in colonies of emperor penguins in the Antarctic over a 15 year period, partially ...

Scientists studying the impact of retreating sea ice on emperor penguins in Antarctica say the bird populations have fallen ...

A month-old, 2-pound emperor penguin gets a morning feeding at Sea World San Diego. It is the first hatching of an emperor in eight years. Emperors grow to about 3½ feet tall and weigh up to 90 pounds ...

For emperor penguins, sea ice is essential to survival. The iconic birds, found only in Antarctica, breed, lay their eggs, and raise their chicks on fast sea ice (meaning it is attached to land).

New analysis of up-to-date satellite imagery suggests the birds' numbers have declined by a staggering 22 percent over a ...

Scientists monitoring the world's largest penguin species used satellites to assess sixteen colonies in the Antarctic ...

Scientists previously estimated that the total emperor penguin population declined about 10% across all of Antarctica over ...