The furthest-recorded dive by an emperor penguin was 1,854 feet off eastern Antarctica on July 19, 2006. The species also ...

Emperor penguins are large birds that stand around 4 feet high and weigh up to 100 pounds. They have black feathers on the ...

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

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins in the wild. But when he saw them in a BBC documentary, rocketing ...

Certain birds such as Anhinga and Great Crested Grebe have excellent diving skills that showcase their precision in hunting ...

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died ... “crucial nursery is literally disappearing under their feet”, said Scientific American. Approximately 10,000 breeding pairs ...

The organization also expressed fears for the possible disappearance of the species as scientists project that over 90% of emperor penguin colonies ... under the birds' feet before their young ...

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 ...

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 ...