Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.

Watch emperor penguin chicks take a leap of faith from a towering cliff in search of food as habitat loss pushes them to new extremes.

As of 2009, the emperor penguin population was estimated at just shy of 600,000 birds. Unfortunately, they are now in real trouble, because their breeding habitat appears to be reducing.

SeaWorld San Diego has sent its emperor penguins to SeaWorld Orlando, which will unveil the birds at its Antarctica Realm habitat on June 14.

Emperor penguins are a highly successful species ... the penguins have to find a place that is safe but not too far from the fast ice edge where they go to start hunting. The greater the distance they ...

Penguins are flightless birds found primarily on the coasts and islands of Antarctica, South America, Australia, New Zealand, ...

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The Desperate Plunge of Cliff-Jumping Penguin Chicks Emperor penguin populations are also suffering from habitat loss, large-scale hunting, and overfishing. ©YouTube/National Geographic – Original ...

Emperor penguins live in some of the most remote and environmentally pristine regions in the world. But that doesn't mean ...

Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica have shrunk by almost a quarter as global warming melts their icy habitat, ...