emperor penguin, royal penguin, macaroni penguin, gentoo penguin, Fiordland penguin, chinstrap penguin, king penguin, little blue/fairy penguin, yellow eyed penguin, Magellanic penguin and the ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins in the wild. But when he saw them in a BBC documentary, rocketing ...

The emperor is the largest living penguin species standing around 115cm tall. Once they have found a partner they usually mate for life and work together to keep their young fed and safe. They might ...

western section of the Antarctic home to five breeding species of penguin - Emperor, Adelie, Chinstrap, Gentoo and Macaroni. Emperor Penguins breed on sea ice and can withstand temperatures of -50˚C.

Evolution Fossil records indicate that emperor penguins’ earliest common ancestor lived as long as 60 million years ago — ...

Native to Antarctica are six breeding species, Emperor, King, Chinstrap, Adelie, Gentoo and Macaroni penguins. Most penguins are monogamous and have distinct calls, enabling them to locate their ...

Like the polar bear on the opposite pole, the emperor penguin endures almost unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter ...