The black and white penguin was an adult male that stood three feet tall. At the time it was discovered, it weighed only 51 pounds. A healthy male emperor penguin usually weighs around 100 pounds.

It was not known how long Gus had been in the water. However, with male Emperor penguins weighing over 100 pounds in some instances, Gus had been foraging for a while. This is because he weighed ...

Talk about extreme parenting. While his mate hunts, a male emperor penguin stands on the Antarctic ice with their egg tucked warmly on his feet. In minus 40°F temperatures. For four months.

Talk about the challenges of being an only parent! Last but not least is the male emperor penguin who does a lot of the hard work early on. Females entrust their eggs to the males. But since ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...

Unlike other birds, male emperor penguins do not sit on their eggs; they stand, balancing the egg on their feet. Photograph by Rob Reijnen / Minden Pictures Emperor penguins live up to their name ...

This body of work should be both original and outstanding. More than 5,000 male emperor penguins huddle on the sea ice, backs to the wind, heads down, sharing body heat. ‘It was a calm day,’ says ...

Some species like the Galapagos penguin live in warmer climates near South America. Unlike with many other species, it is actually the male emperor penguins who are responsible for looking after ...

The emperor penguin is the only penguin that incubates its egg on its feet, and it’s the male who takes on this responsibility. Male Emperors have a special brood pouch – a flap of warm skin near ...