 | Emperor Penguin -- Long Winter Wait Emperor penguins breed in the heart of the Antarctic winter when temperatures reach -60°C -- cold enough to make human skin freeze and teeth crack. They waddle and toboggan for up to 60km across the frozen sea to reach their breeding colonies, where they huddle tightly together to keep warm. After egg-laying, all the females return to the ocean to feed, leaving each male carefully balancing a single egg on his feet, warming it in a special pouch on his belly. The male starves for up to 16 weeks as he waits for hatching, through the endless night of the Antarctic winter -- yet he still manages to feed his newly hatched chick, using a special milk-like substance made by the breakdown of his own body tissue. But will his mate return in time to take over, before his growing hunger forces him to abandon the egg? |
 | IPY-CAML-Polarstern Voyage 2006-2007: Emperor Penguins 8 December 2006, South-West wind of 2 Beaufort, flat seas, air t° of -1 °C, water t° of -1.7°C. The Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colony of Atka Bay, near the German Antarctic station of Neumayer, is one of the about 35 known colonies of this charismatic species. Our visit coincided with the first chicks loosing their down feathers to get ready for their departure to the open sea one month later. by Gauthier Chapelle |
 | March of the Penguins This ad refers to the movie "March of the Penguins". In France the movie's original title was "March of the Emperor" |
 | WHITE PENGUIN! Extremely rare, totally white emperor chick After more than 30 years of studying penguins in Antarctica, a scientist at UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported what is believed to be the first sighting of an all-white emperor penguin. Gerald Kooyman, a Scripps research professor, said he came across the penguin while conducting a census of a colony of penguins located on snow-covered sea ice in the western Ross Sea. Kooyman said he almost missed the chick completely as its white feathers caused it to blend so well with the icy background. "There are thousands of penguins in the colony and they are quite spread out," he said. "But we were counting every chick and that's how we spotted it." Kooyman said the chick was about five months old and stood just under 2 feet tall. Whereas emperor chicks are usually covered in a grayish down coat, their wing and tail feathers are dark, as are their bills and feet. They also usually exhibit dark rings around their eyes. The chick Kooyman discovered, however, was completely white. "It really was a spectacular bird," he said. The strange colour of this penguin is the result of a genetic accident. It is not an albino, as it has brown, rather than pink eyes. |
 | Emperor Penguin cutie |
 | Penguins Enjoy "Fish Cake" Celebration Penguins check out a frozen herring and capelin "fish cake" at SeaWorld San Diego's Penguin Encounter. Penguin keepers placed the icy treat inside Penguin Encounter to commemorate the attraction's 25th anniversary. When the Encounter opened in 1983 it was the culmination of 10 years of hard work and dedication to an idea many thought was impossible -- recreating the Antarctic in sunny San Diego. More than 500 penguin chicks, representing eight species, have been hatched at the Encounter. Penguin Encounter is still the only place in North America where emperor penguins are exhibited. |
 | Emperors of the Extreme Emperor penguins can flourish in locales where few other animals roam. But scientists now wonder if they can adapt to a new threat: climate change. |
 | Emperor Penguins in Antarctica Taken near McMurdo Station |
 | Penguin vs. Leopard Seal Emperor penguins try to make it past a lurking leopard seal on their way home to their chicks. See all National Geographic Videos: http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/?source=4001 |
 | Penguin Creche Big creche of Emperor Penguin chicks |
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