The emperor penguin, dubbed Happy Feet, was released into the water from the New Zealand fisheries vessel Tangaroa near Campbell Island, about 700km south of New Zealand's South Island.

Emperor penguins are large birds that stand around 4 feet high and weigh up to 100 pounds. They have black feathers on the ...

Certain birds such as Anhinga and Great Crested Grebe have excellent diving skills that showcase their precision in hunting ...

It's not unusual for emperor penguin chicks to march toward the ocean at a young age, even when they're just 6 months old. They jump just 2 feet off the ice to take their first swim, according to ...

This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins in the wild. But when he saw them in a BBC documentary, rocketing ...

Talk about extreme parenting. While his mate hunts, a male emperor penguin stands on the Antarctic ice with their egg tucked warmly on his feet. In minus 40°F temperatures. For four months.

The emperor penguin is the only penguin that incubates its egg on its feet, and it’s the male who takes on this responsibility. Male Emperors have a special brood pouch – a flap of warm skin near ...

The organization also expressed fears for the possible disappearance of the species as scientists project that over 90% of emperor penguin colonies ... under the birds' feet before their young ...

Thousands of emperor penguin chicks are thought to have died ... “crucial nursery is literally disappearing under their feet”, said Scientific American. Approximately 10,000 breeding pairs ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...

Like polar bears on the opposite pole, emperor penguins endure unfathomable hardships to breed and nurture each new generation — fasting for months through the planet's harshest winter. If their ...