Emperor penguins are a vital part of the Antarctic food chain – they eat creatures like squid and small fish, and are an important source of food for predators like leopard seals and large sharks. By ...

has found that emperor penguins detoxify mercury with both sulfur and selenium, a new pathway for a marine predator. This new detoxification pathway for mercury has been unveiled in a study ...

When an emperor penguin swims through the water ... (As an added benefit, the extra speed helps the penguins avoid predators such as leopard seals.) The key to this talent is in the penguin ...

The black and white coloring is thought to be particularly important for camouflaging the emperor penguin from predators ...

The Nashville Predators lost 3-0 to the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena on Saturday to lose their fourth straight game. The Predators' offense was stymied by a Penguins defense that ranks ...

Emperor penguins, like many birds ... this melanistic individual would be more visible to predators, such as killer whales or leopard seals. The normal white belly camouflages the penguin against ...

When these gifted swimmers are in the water, the black on their backs helps them camouflage with the darkness of the ocean and keep prowling predators ... too. Emperor penguins that march in ...