In San Diego, after the birth of a rare female emperor penguin at Seaworld, more than 29,000 people voted on what to name the two-month-old chick. “Pearl” received more than half of the total votes, ...

The emperor penguin has been reclassified from near threatened to endangered on the IUCN Red List after satellite data showed the species’ population has declined to around 20,000 adult birds.

Emperor penguins and the Antarctic fur seal were moved to the endangered species list by the international organization that tracks extinction risk to plants and animals globally. The decisions for ...

Emperor penguins move to endangered species list due to sea ice loss Emperor penguins “depend on stable Antarctic sea ice,” said the World Wildlife Fund. With sea ice decreasing, the penguins are now ...