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 ...

With winds of up to 100 mph, the male emperor penguins huddle together for warmth, alternating between the outskirts and the ...

In this clip from the BBC Select documentary Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, we see an emperor penguin meet his chick for the first time - and we learn about the special relationship between father ...

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 ...

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.

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 penguins don't have nests, males must play a delicate ...

More than 5,000 male emperor penguins huddle on the sea ice ... While the females spend two months at sea feeding, their mates care for the eggs. The male balances his precious cargo on his feet, ...

The emperor penguin is the heaviest and largest of ... After mating, the female penguin lays a single egg. The male then takes it and carries it during the 65-day incubation period.

Unlike with many other species, it is actually the male emperor penguins who are responsible for looking after the eggs until the chicks hatch. They are great swimmers, but aren't so nimble on the ...

So to identify an individual, or even a male from a female, is difficult. All mature emperor penguins have a gunmetal ... it disappeared before egg laying began, and then only returned for a ...

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 ...