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

It was an uncannily calm day on Macquarie Island, a sliver of oceanic crust located about halfway between New Zealand and Antarctica. Typically, it's pummeled by icy winds and drenching rains. But ...

A new study indicates that the adaptable birds evolved into distinct lineages as isolated populations shifted to match their ...

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

The annual meeting of Antarctic Treaty nations has failed to reach consensus to designate the endangered emperor penguin as a ...

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

The four-foot-tall Emperor penguin of Antarctica may be the most iconic member of this unique family of birds, but 17 other species of penguins populate the Southern Hemisphere, many of them confined ...

Gentoo penguins were thought to be a standalone species, but a new study says there are four distinct species — and it could ...

The four-foot-tall Emperor penguin of Antarctica may be the most iconic member of this unique family of birds, but 17 other ...

Greater protections for Antarctica's emperor penguins, which could put restrictions on shipping and tourism, come under discussion on Tuesday as around 400 government officials and researchers from ...