Fellow Story
Wolf says saving emperor penguins requires swift climate action
Audiences around the world were captivated by March of the Penguins, a 2005 film that grippingly depicted the almost unfathomable hardships the emperor penguin endures to nurture each new generation. In darkness and extreme cold, the males protect their mates' eggs as they fast for months through the world's harshest winter weather.
But despite March of the Penguins' immense popularity, emperor penguins themselves are in deep trouble. The penguin colony featured in the film has declined by more than 50 percent. The Dion Island colony in the Antarctic Peninsula has disappeared completely. And one recent study projected that nearly half of the world's emperor penguins may disappear by mid-century.