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

And to mark his 100th birthday, the BBC also revisited it in a new documentary called Making Life on Earth: Attenborough's ...

He was renowned for his skill at capturing candid scenes of penguins, polar bears and other cold-weather creatures — and for his ability to tolerate extreme discomfort.

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.

Recently, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species listed both the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal as endangered. This article explains how this topic ties into the bigger issue of the ...

Climate change is pushing two iconic Antarctic species — the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal — toward the brink of extinction, a new assessment finds. The new listings, published Wednesday ...