Lin Padgham / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY 2.0 Reaching heights of four feet, the emperor penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) is the tallest of all penguin species, and the photogenic bird that's often ...

Antarctic sea ice extent has fallen dramatically in recent years – the effects include accelerated ocean warming, faster loss of inland ice sheets and severe impacts on wildlife ...

The rare, yellow-colored penguin was one among a colony of 120,000 king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) living on the remote South Georgia Island, reports Yasemin Saplakoglu for Live Science.

Since the 1960s, scientists have been learning all that they can about one emperor penguin colony at Terre Adélie, East Antarctica. According to previous studies, the colony in Terre Adélie ...

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are a leading example. These resilient birds breed in colonies on the Antarctic continent, which is the coldest, windiest, and driest place on the planet.

Unlike other penguins, emperors (Aptenodytes forsteri) breed on sea ice rather than land. Male emperor penguins hatch the eggs in August, during the Antarctic winter.

Small endothermic animals often drop their body temperature—a process known as heterothermy—to conserve energy. This study demonstrates heterothermy in king penguin chicks (Aptenodytes ...

The king penguin Aptenodytes patagonicus feeds only at sea and must live off its reserves when it comes ashore to breed. We found that male penguins returning to their egg between three weeks ...

Known since the 1960s, the colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Île aux Cochons, in the southern Indian Ocean, had the distinction of being the world's biggest colony of king ...

Reports and Proceedings University of South Carolina image: King Penguin (Aptenodytes patagonica) colony. view more Credit: Brian Helmuth ...