Dr Tom Hart explains how penguin feathers have evolved to allow penguins to survive in a cold environment. One of the ways penguins keep warm is by having a very waterproof outer feather and a dry ...

Fewer than 10,000 breeding pairs are left globally, mainly in South Africa, down from 42,500 in 1991, and they could become ...

Unlike a number of other penguin species that may visit the continent from time to time, the emperor penguin does not migrate north ... Emperor penguins eat mostly fish but also supplement their ...

Successful breeding was strongly related to the amount of krill in the diet, with few chicks fledging in years where krill was particularly scarce. The longest and most comprehensive study to date ...