Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died across Antarctica last year as a result of a “catastrophic breeding failure”. “Abrupt reductions” in sea ice that persisted ...

Emperors are the tallest and heaviest of the penguin species and need reliable patches of sea-ice on which to breed Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned ... hard to the side of the thicker ...

The emperor penguin is ... You can tell them apart from other penguins by their distinct black and white plumage. The penguin’s head is black with a patch on the side of its neck, usually ...

Nothing gets in the way of a baby emperor penguin getting into the water, not even a huge ice cliff. The courage some chicks ...

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 ...

Emperor penguins breed and raise their chicks on land-fast sea ice – stable sea ice that is firmly attached to the shore. If this ice breaks up too early, the chicks go into the sea before they ...