One of the funniest works of Roman literature to survive—and the only one that has ever made me laugh out loud—is a skit, written by the philosopher Seneca, about the Emperor Claudius’ adventures on ...

The emperor penguin has been declared an endangered species as climate change​ pushes the icon of Antarctica a step closer to extinction, the global authority on threatened wildlife says.

Emperor Naruhito, Empress Masako and Princess Aiko moved out of their longtime residence, the Akasaka Imperial Residence, on Sept. 6. They are moving into the renovated Imperial Palace and, once the ...

Recently, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species listed both the emperor penguin and the Antarctic fur seal as endangered. This article explains how this topic ties into the bigger issue of the ...

Susan Rigetti is author of three books and a former editor at The New York Times and Slate. She is a contributing Globe ...

In 1902, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott spotted a large group of large black and white birds at Ross Island, Antarctica. This was among the many milestones of Scott’s famous Discovery expedition ...

Since 2016, sea ice levels have dramatically declined. Thousands of chicks have frozen or drowned, the wildlife fund said.

Antarctica’s emperor penguin is at risk of extinction due to rising global temperatures and sea ice loss, the U.S. government said Tuesday as it finalized protections for the animal under the U.S.

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