Climate change is threatening emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals, with both species that live on Earth’s southernmost continent now listed as endangered. With sea ice levels dropping because of ...

Now, only 124 years since this penguin colony was discovered, emperor penguins have officially been listed as endangered, along with the Antarctic fur seal. As the world warms, Antarctic krill are ...

The emperor penguin population could be cut in half by the 2080s, IUCN predicted. The Antarctic fur seal population was already halved between 2000 and 2026, the agency noted. Experts attributed the ...

The iconic emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal are edging closer to extinction, according to a projection by the world's largest environmental network. The International Union for Conservation ...

Emperor penguins have braved cold, storms, starvation and predation to breed, ensuring their population survives. But climate change might defeat the iconic Antarctic birds. It’s the breakup and loss ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition ...