Tag: emperor penguin

• Wednesday, June 18th 2025 - 05:27 UTC

  Antarctica Emperor penguin population decreasing faster than expected, satellite imagery

  

  Antarctica’s emperor penguin population may be decreasing faster than some of the most pessimistic predictions. A new analysis of up-to-date satellite imagery suggests the birds’ numbers declined 22% over a 15-year period (2009 to 2024) in a key sector of the continent – encompassing the Antarctic Peninsula, Weddell Sea and Bellingshausen Sea.

• Friday, May 3rd 2024 - 10:50 UTC

  BAS requires “penguin detectives” for vital research on iconic animals

  

  This week, British Antarctic Survey (BAS) is inviting the public to become ‘penguin detectives’ and spend five minutes counting emperor penguins to help with vital research into these iconic animals.

• Monday, April 29th 2024 - 14:38 UTC

  Emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica suffer as sea-ice diminishes

  

  Record low levels of Antarctic sea ice in late 2023 resulted in breeding failures in a fifth of the continent’s emperor penguin colonies, according to a new study from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS).

• Friday, January 20th 2023 - 10:23 UTC

  New Emperor Penguin colony discovered in Antarctica with satellite mapping

  

  Scientists have discovered a new emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite mapping technology. This new colony makes a total of 66 known emperor penguin colonies around the coastline of Antarctica, with exactly half having been discovered by satellite imagery.

• Thursday, April 25th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Thousands of emperor penguin chicks died in 2016 destroyed by severe weather, reports a BAS team

  

  Thousands of emperor penguin chicks drowned when the sea-ice on which they were being raised was destroyed in severe weather. The catastrophe occurred in 2016 in Antarctica's Weddell Sea. Scientists say the colony at the edge of the Brunt Ice Shelf has collapsed with adult birds showing no sign of trying to re-establish the population.