The iconic emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal are edging closer to extinction, according to a projection by the world's largest environmental network. The International Union for Conservation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Climate change is threatening emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals, with both species that live on Earth’s southernmost ...

ANTARCTICA (WJW) – The emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal are now considered endangered, The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species announced. The organization changed the emperor penguin's ...

South Africa is preparing a large-scale operation to eliminate mice on Marion Island. Helicopters will drop 550 tons of ...

Now, only 124 years since this penguin colony was discovered, emperor penguins have officially been listed as endangered, along with the Antarctic fur seal. As the world warms, Antarctic krill are ...

Emperor penguins (Aptenodytes forsteri) with chicks on the sea ice at Snow Hill Island in the Weddell Sea in Antarctica. (Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The ...

Emperor penguins and Antarctic fur seals are facing the threat of extinction due to climate change, a new conservation assessment has revealed. Both populations have seen a dramatic decline in recent ...

Testing confirms spread of deadly H5N1 virus on the subantarctic Heard Island, about 4,000km south-west of Perth ...

Scientists say 13,000 southern elephant seal pups on Heard Island have died of the H5N1 strain.