Gus’s detour is an anomaly, but it also points to a much bigger issue. Emperor penguin's baffling appearance on beach sparks concern: 'No idea' first appeared on The Cool Down.

Female emperor penguins then leave for the open ocean, where they forage for food for two whole months, leaving the males to ...

The Antarctic ice is vulnerable from climate change making the future uncertain for emperors. Emperor penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat creatures like squid and small ...

And the emperor is not alone: More than half of the world's 19 penguin species are in danger of extinction because krill, the keystone of the Antarctic marine food chain, has declined by as much 80 ...

But emperor penguins need a certain amount of sea ice to survive. Too much sea ice increases the distances parents must travel to feed their chicks. Too little ice, however, reduces places to hide ...

Melting sea ice, ocean acidification and industrial fisheries have also diminished the availability of krill — a key food source for emperor penguins. An Endangered Species Act listing promotes ...

Emperor penguins don’t live on U.S. territory ... their sea ice habitat and their food sources. The penguins breed on fast ice, which is sea ice attached to land. But they hunt for food within ...