Unlike other birds, male emperor penguins do not sit on their eggs; they stand, balancing the egg on their feet. Photograph by Rob Reijnen / Minden Pictures Emperor penguins live up to their name ...

Over the Easter break, we talk about the differences between the chocolate eggs we enjoy, and the eggs of several species of penguin and what they have to endure in order to survive. Plus, how ocean ...

The father and mother take turns sitting on them while the other ventures ... Ornithology that suggested rats could be devouring penguin eggs at a devastating rate. Simeone and bird veterinarians ...

stout flightless birds like ostriches and emus hatch from eggs that are nearly round. Penguins, however, break the mold: Although the aquatic birds can’t take to the air, their eggs are ...

In this clip from the BBC Select documentary Penguins: Spy in the Huddle, we see an emperor penguin meet his chick for the first time - and we learn about the special relationship between father ...

A Korean news site has published an interesting article on Penguin Eggs, and its nutritional virtues, which it describes as “once vital for Antarctic Explorers”, and we might add decades ago ...