Joy reigns for the emperor penguins, as the U.S. has listed the world’s largest penguin species as endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. As a result, they are now under protection in the USA. Image: Dr Michael Wenger Emperor penguins are symbolic of...
The 44th Annual Consultative Meeting on the Antarctic Treaty was held in Berlin, Germany, from May 23 to June 2, 2022. Climate change is also on the rise in Antarctica. Especially along the coasts of the icy continent rapid changes become more apparent. Glaciers are...
Emperor penguins return to their colony after foraging in the ocean. The journey across the ice can be dozens of kilometres. (Image: Heiner Kubny) Penguins spend almost half of their lives in the water. Observations and studies from New Zealand and the US scientists...
Height: up to 105 cm – Weight: 30 – 40 kg – Life expectancy: up to 20 years Habitat The emperor penguin lives and breeds exclusively on the edge of Antarctica between the 66. and 78. latitudes. During their “oceanic phase”, emperor...
