Animal species that live in environments as harsh as the Antarctic have many incredible adaptations to help them survive.

An emperor penguin chick was born at SeaWorld San Diego in September, the first to be born there in 13 years, the company announced. The young bird does not yet have a name.

Female emperor penguins then leave for the open ocean, where they forage for food for two whole months, leaving the males to look after the eggs during the winter months.

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming melts their icy habitat, researchers say.

Call that a peng-win! SeaWorld San Diego welcomed an emperor penguin chick, the first time the threatened species was born in the Western Hemisphere in nearly 13 years.

A baby emperor penguin emerges from an egg kept warm in winter by a male, while the female in a breeding pair embarks on a two-month fishing expedition. When she returns to the colony, she feeds the ...

Climate change threatens Antarctica’s emperor penguin with extinction, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday, as melting sea ice upends its habitat.

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery.

A new empress is born! Of penguins, that is. For the first time in nearly 13 years, an emperor penguin chick hatched at SeaWorld in San Diego on Sept. 12, making it an "exciting AND adorable ...

An emperor penguin surprised locals when it appeared on a beach in Australia after making an epic journey of thousands of miles from its home in Antarctica.

Instead of breeding in the warmer summer months like other penguin species, emperor penguins lay and incubate their eggs during the winter in frigid Antarctica, where they live.

Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.