Emperor penguins are in trouble. The roughly four-foot-tall birds are now listed as “endangered” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species, as human ...

"The barometer is flashing red, yet critical protections are still being stymied by a small number of parties." ...

Emperor penguins are a well-known species found only in Antarctica. These resilient creatures can survive even the harshest winters, relying on sea ice for foraging and breeding. However, due to ...

Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seal have both been upgraded as "Endangered" species, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature's (IUCN) red list, owing to climate change ...

ANTARCTICA (WJW) – The emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal are now considered endangered, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species announced. The organization changed the emperor penguin’s ...

Emperor penguins are the tallest and heaviest penguin species in the world and can be found swimming, playing, and raising their young in Antarctica. Unfortunately, new reports are showing that the ...

The annual meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations has failed to reach consensus to designate the endangered emperor penguin as a ...

Penguin populations are governed by the interplay of sea ice dynamics, prey availability and breeding phenology, making them sensitive indicators of polar environmental change. Sea ice extent and ...

Emperor penguins are seeing their habitat cut back by climate change -- with potentially deadly consequences - Copyright DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION/AFP Richard Gill ...