These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...

Instead of breeding in the warmer summer months like other penguin species, emperor penguins lay and ... leaving the males to ...

Not seen in nearly 40 years, scientists were shocked to find this creature alive and well in a place they never thought to look ... this may seem like a large number of Emperor penguins and ...

Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins ... speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin’s feathers. Like other birds, emperors ...

For decades, we studied only a tiny number of Antarctica's emperor penguins. Now robots and satellites are revealing ...

Once thought to mate for life, more penguins seem to be setting out in search of new partners come breeding season. Here’s ...

and are an important source of food for predators like leopard seals and large sharks. By protecting emperor penguins we’re helping look after their ocean environment, which is good for all the ...

Take a look at these cute baby penguin chicks Andy's finds on his mission. Andy, Jen and Scout head to Antarctica on a global adventure in search of emperor penguins. BBC Homepage ...

We know that emperor penguins are highly vulnerable in a warming climate – and current scientific evidence suggests that extreme sea ice loss events like this will become more frequent and ...

We know that emperor penguins are highly vulnerable in a warming climate - and current scientific evidence suggests that extreme sea ice loss events like this will become more frequent and ...

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 ...