Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with international partners, have developed a ...

The modern emperor penguin likely evolved much later within the last few million years to adapt to the harsh arctic climate. Emperor penguins inhabit the compacted ice along the coast of ...

The emperor is the largest living penguin species standing around 115cm tall. Once they have found a partner they usually mate for life and work together to keep their young fed and safe. They might ...

Emperor penguin chicks are born “into the darkness ... the extent of sea ice around Antarctica “has varied more between years than its Arctic equivalent. The reasons for this aren’t yet ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Shooting Stars Capturing the flight of emperor penguins in Antarctica is no easy feat. They rocket around underwater ...

Emperor penguin colonies experienced unprecedented ... It is likely to be absent from the Arctic in the 2030s – and in the Antarctic, the four lowest sea ice extents recorded have been since ...

The first astronauts to enter a polar orbit chose the obvious animal to serve as their zero-g indicator: a plush polar bear.

Our Emperor Penguin unit plan, tailored to elementary students, uncovers more about this remarkable arctic animal, diving deeper into their inimitable physical characteristics, habitat ...

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 ...

The formation of sea ice also makes the surrounding water saltier, as salt is pushed out when water freezes. If less sea ice ...