Melting Antarctic ice may have caused the deaths of thousands of emperor penguin chicks, according to a new study published in the journal Communications Earth and Environment. File Photo by Ben Holt ...

Thousands of emperor penguins in western Antarctica lost their chicks last year, largely due to receding sea ice, satellite data suggest. Emperor penguins rely on stable sea ice throughout their ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence ...

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Disappearing sea ice is taking a toll on the youngest members of the largest species of penguins, new research finds. Emperor Penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) are born into the darkness of Antarctica’s ...

FILE - Emperor penguin chicks stand together in Antarctica on Dec. 21, 2005. The loss of ice in a region near Antarcticas Bellingshausen Sea in 2022 likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin ...

A record loss of sea ice in Antarctica is dramatically affecting the survival of emperor penguins, researchers said Thursday. Last year’s historic low levels of ice around the Antarctic Peninsula have ...

As rapidly warming global temperatures help push Antarctica’s sea ice to unprecedented lows, it’s threatening the very existence of one of the continent’s most iconic species: emperor penguins. Four ...