Emperor penguins raise their chicks in conditions that would overwhelm most animals. Winter temperatures can fall to minus 50°F, winds are relentless, and food is out of reach for months at a time.

Even when temperatures drop below zero degrees Fahrenheit in the frigid Antarctic, emperor penguins can stay toasty warm. The ...

Emperor penguin chicks face a tough challenge at just six months old. Their parents leave them to fend for themselves, and the young penguins must find their way to the ocean and learn to swim. After ...

Learn how emperor penguins survive –50°C Antarctic winters through insulation, huddling, and unique breeding adaptations.

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Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating another milestone in their little blue penguin breeding program. For the first time, a penguin chick has been ...

As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one of the continent’s most iconic species: emperor penguins. Four ...