Emperor penguin

The colony of about 500 birds was seen in a remote region where they face an existential threat due to global heating.

Two-thirds of Antarctica’s native species, including emperor penguins, are under threat of extinction or major population declines by 2100 under current trajectories of global heating, according to new research that outlines priorities for protecting the continent’s biodiversity.

The birds featured in March of the Penguins film face almost complete annihilation by the end of the century as Antarctic sea ice is lost.