The South American species is part of a conservation programme at the wildlife park.

"It's incredibly energy-intensive and the birds use up to 50% of their body mass," he says. It is "probably the most dangerous time for adult Emperor penguins because they haven't got their waterproof ...

Unstable sea ice is sending some penguins into Antarctica's frigid waters before the birds have a chance to regrow their ...

Emperor penguins are icons of the penguin world. They are only found in the wild in Antarctica and breed and raise their babies on the ice. Because the Antarctic is so massive and difficult to explore ...

Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK. BBC Media English “媒体英语”：Brown spots reveal Antarctic penguin problem 棕色斑块揭示南极企鹅的生存困境 ...

Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers have said.

A new viewing area is an "important milestone", keepers at Newquay Zoo say.

Penguins do not react to people the way most wild animals do. When a human appears on an Antarctic shoreline, many penguins do not scatter or hide. They keep walking. Some pause a short distance away ...