The emperor penguin is the only penguin that incubates its egg on its feet, and it’s the male who takes on this responsibility. Male Emperors have a special brood pouch – a flap of warm skin near ...

Unlike other birds, male emperor penguins do not sit on their eggs; they stand, balancing the egg on their feet. Photograph by Rob Reijnen / Minden Pictures Emperor penguins live up to their name ...

Talk about extreme parenting. While his mate hunts, a male emperor penguin stands on the Antarctic ice with their egg tucked warmly on his feet. In minus 40°F temperatures. For four months.

In this clip from the BBC Select documentary Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, we see an emperor penguin meet his chick for the first time - and we learn about the special relationship between father ...

The emperor penguin, dubbed Happy Feet, was released into the water from the New Zealand fisheries vessel Tangaroa near Campbell Island, about 700km south of New Zealand's South Island.

Emperor penguins are also known to dive to depths of more than 1,640 feet (500 meters) making them the deepest diving birds ...

More than 5,000 male emperor penguins huddle on the sea ice ... While the females spend two months at sea feeding, their mates care for the eggs. The male balances his precious cargo on his feet, ...

According to a peer-reviewed British Antarctic Survey report released late last week, the melting of sea ice might have caused the death of some 10,000 Emperor ... site, penguins lay eggs in ...