Tag: emperor penguin

• 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.