It was not known how long Gus had been in the water. However, with male Emperor penguins weighing over 100 pounds in some instances, Gus had been foraging for a while. This is because he weighed ...

They are also well-adapted for swimming with their streamlined bodies gliding through the water, propelled by their small, ...

Emperor penguins are dependent on stable sea ice that is firmly attached to the shore from April through to January. If the ice fractures before early December, the young fall into the water and ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins in the wild. But when he saw them in a BBC documentary, rocketing ...

Using satellites, scientists estimated the population of emperor penguins in Antarctica and found their numbers in the icy continent were nearly twice as large as previous estimates, a new study ...

In the animal kingdom, creatures like Camel and Tardigrades are capable of surviving without food and water for months.

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 ...

land and water temperatures and melting of glaciers and sea ice. Loss of Antarctic ice endangers the survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says Emperor penguins hatch their eggs and raise ...