Two Emperor penguins were hanging out at Antartica's Auster Rookery when they noticed the opportunity for a selfie Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013.

emperor penguins have a dense, uniform coat of feathers. And because the bases of their feathers include tiny filaments—just 20 microns in diameter, less than half the width of a thin human hair ...

“The emperor penguin ... and the higher levels of human activity around Antarctica. The IUCN projects a 27% decrease in the population of emperor penguins over the next 61 years with all ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...

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 ...

The study, which accounts for the unique life history and critical dependence of emperor penguins on the Antarctic ... system are essential for ensuring human health and well-being.

According to a peer-reviewed British Antarctic Survey report released late last week, the melting of sea ice might have caused the death of some 10,000 Emperor penguin chicks by the end of 2022.

Scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), in collaboration with international partners, have developed a novel approach to addressing uncertainties in ecological and environmental ...

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died across Antarctica last year as a result of a “catastrophic breeding failure”. “Abrupt reductions” in sea ice that persisted ...