The discovery of new emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica marks a significant advancement in wildlife research. Using satellite mapping technology, scientists from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) ...

From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...

For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...

Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures in a fifth of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, according to a new study from the British Antarctic ...

Existing emperor penguin colonies and their average population sizes from 2009 to 2018. The colonieshighlighted in red represent those with available population size estimates. Colonies marked in ...

If current trends continue up to 70% of emperor penguin colonies could disappear by 2050, with the species being doomed to ...

And it won’t just be that colony. My colleagues and I in 2012 looked at all known emperor penguin colonies identified in images from space and determined that every colony will be declining by ...

As sea ice disappears or breaks up earlier in the year, entire emperor penguin colonies are declining or vanishing in parts of Antarctica. Melting sea ice, ocean acidification and industrial fisheries ...

It also predicted the total number of Emperor penguins could decline by at least 81% under that scenario. In extreme circumstances, the paper warned up to 100% of colonies could become quasi-extinct ...

Climate scientists “expected” to see these penguins “suffer” as sea ice receded, but this loss “has accumulated faster than predicted”. What happened to the colonies in 2022?

On April 25, we honour one of the world’s most beloved birds — the penguin! The largest and most iconic penguin species, the ...