Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Emperor penguin in its mid-molting phase. Scientists warn most colonies could collapse without emissions cuts Emperor penguins ...

Get the story behind these social penguins who breed during the harshest time of year in the most inhospitable region on Earth.

Emperor penguins seem to be vanishing by the thousands during their most vulnerable period, when they must shed and regrow their feathers on stable ice.

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

Emperor penguins are one of the Antarctic's most iconic animals – but these majestic birds are on the pathway to extinction. For the first time, satellite images have captured the penguins' elusive ...

Climate change has caused massive problems for animals living in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic. With ice sheets melting at ...

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers said ...

Emperor penguin in its mid-molting phase. Emperor penguins have survived Antarctica's punishing climate for thousands of years thanks to their biological reset: an annual molt that replaces their worn ...