Emperor penguin chicks face a tough challenge at just six months old. Their parents leave them to fend for themselves, and the young penguins must find their way to the ocean and learn to swim. After ...

Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego is celebrating another milestone in their little blue ...

In San Diego, after the birth of a rare female emperor penguin at Seaworld, more than 29,000 people voted on what to name the two-month-old chick. “Pearl” received more than half of the total votes, ...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the British Antarctic Survey in January 2024 shows adult emperor penguins with a chick near Halley Research Station in Antarctica. (British Antarctic Survey via ...

As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one of the continent’s most iconic species: emperor penguins. Four ...