Get the story behind these social penguins who breed during the harshest time of year in the most inhospitable region on Earth.

Emperor penguin in its mid-molting phase. Emperor penguins have survived Antarctica's punishing climate for thousands of years thanks to their biological reset: an annual molt that replaces their worn ...

Penguins exhibit a comical waddle on land due to their bodies being optimized for aquatic life, with heavy bones and ...

The annual "catastrophic" molt of the emperor penguin makes the birds especially vulnerable to climate change. Peter Fretwell / British Antarctic Survey Emperor penguins are uniquely adapted to life ...

Scientists mapping satellite images of Antarctica stumbled on a grim discovery: Emperor penguins are disappearing as the ice they depend on during their most vulnerable transition vanishes. Each ...