Members of the Pinamar Ecological Foundation made a surprising discovery on a beach south of Buenos Aires last August. Standing in the sand was an injured king penguin, the species closest to emperor ...

On a beach in southern New Zealand, a creature thousands of miles from home made a rare stop. Irene Wright McClatchy News The large mass of land and ice on the southern tip of the planet is ruled by ...

The emperor penguin is the heaviest and largest of the penguin species and is listed on the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources’s Red List as near threatened. Reasons ...

Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in New Zealand some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?

Emperor penguins are a well-known species found only in Antarctica. These resilient creatures can survive even the harshest winters, relying on sea ice for foraging and breeding. However, due to ...

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, scientists said after analyzing satellite images of a key part of the continent. The images, ...

Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays’s great penguins – emperors and kings – lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilised ...

An emperor penguin's unexpected arrival on an Australian beach has sparked curiosity and concern as the species faces growing threats from environmental changes. As reported by Euronews, a surfer in ...