As the planet heats up and sea ice disappears more rapidly, these penguins find it challenging to huddle, mate and breed.

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

The Biodiversity Law Centre, which represents the groups, said the number of penguins had dwindled from 15,000 in 2018 to ...

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service today granted the emperor penguin protection under the Endangered Species Act because of threats from sea-ice loss driven by the climate crisis. The ...

That’s why the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the emperor penguin as “threatened” under the Endangered Species Act. The proposal will be published in the Federal ...

emperor penguins march toward extinction As ice melts, emperor penguins march toward extinction Explorer Returns to Emperor Penguin Colony in Search of a True Count Explorer Returns to Emperor ...

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 ...

And the emperor is not alone: More than half of the world's 19 penguin species are in danger of extinction because krill, the keystone of the Antarctic marine food chain, has declined by as much 80 ...

The discovery supports predictions that over 90% of emperor penguin colonies will be quasi-extinct by the end of the century, based on current global warming trends. In a new study published in ...

It said if the current rates of decline persisted the African penguin could be extinct by 2035. The order, issued by the Pretoria High Court on Tuesday, external, outlines no-go zones for the ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by around 8% ...

Six key breeding areas are to be safeguarded to help save the African penguin, following a landmark court order in South Africa. Last year scientists warned that the species was declining by ...