Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism are topping the agenda at talks on Antarctica in Japan.

"The barometer is flashing red, yet critical protections are still being stymied by a small number of parties." ...

Adelie Penguin Standing Alone on Iceberg in Antarctica, Looking at the Far End, Icebergs Floating Behind, in South Pole© Cinless/Shutterstock.com Tragedy is unfolding on what remains of Antarctica’s ...

China and Russia blocked annual talks on Antarctica from agreeing to upgrade protections for endangered emperor penguins, ...

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) with chicks on the sea ice at Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The ...

The listing underlines the impact of climate change on Antarctica, which is posing an existential threat to wildlife with ...

Antarctica’s most iconic species just crossed a threshold that scientists have been warning about for years - and the timeline for action is shrinking fast. Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals ...

Greater protections for Antarctica's emperor penguins, which could put restrictions on shipping and tourism, come under ...

(NEW YORK) -- The status of several threatened species has been downgraded to endangered, and climate change is to blame, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. The Red List ...

The meeting stopped short of granting the emperor penguins specially protected species status. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Greater protections for endangered emperor penguins and how to manage growing tourism will top the agenda at talks on Antarctica opening in Japan on Tuesday. Officials from the nearly 60 countries ...