An emperor penguin has been found far from its Antarctic home on the Australian south coast, marking the first recorded sighting of the species in the country. The adult male penguin, now ...

The discovery of these penguin colonies might sound like good news, but the joy won't last long as climate change surges.

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 ...

Male Emperor Penguins protect their eggs by covering them with feathered skin known as a brood pouch. While they do this, they will not eat for up to four months. The male will survive simply on ...

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 ...

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 ...

Emperor penguins don’t live on U.S. territory ... declined by half in the late 1970s when sea ice declined and more male emperors died, and the population never fully recovered from massive ...

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 ...