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According to a peer-reviewed British Antarctic Survey report released late last week, the melting of sea ice might have caused the death of some 10,000 Emperor penguin chicks by the end of 2022.

In 2014, BBC recorded a mother emperor penguin visibly grieving the loss of her chick. In the video, the mother tries to warm her baby, all the while grieving audibly. After a few moments ...

Loss of Antarctic ice endangers the survival of emperor penguin chicks, study says Emperor penguins hatch their eggs and raise their chicks on the ice that forms around the continent each winter ...

The study, which accounts for the unique life history and critical dependence of emperor penguins ... observations of individual penguins, long-term time series of chick and adult numbers, and ...

African penguins are relatively small compared to Emperor and King penguins ... in protected environments such as zoos. “These chicks represent hope for the future of their species, and we ...