Emperor penguin chicks face a tough challenge at just six months old. Their parents leave them to fend for themselves, and the young penguins must find their way to the ocean and learn to swim. After ...

Hundreds of emperor penguin chicks have lost their way and halted at the edge of a cliff on Antarctica’s ice shelf. These are young penguins around six months old, about to take their first swim.

Emperor penguins usually return to the same areas of sea ice to breed and raise their chicks. This ice melts and reforms seasonally, but due to climate change, there are considerably fewer floating ...