Emperor penguins seem to be vanishing by the thousands during their most vulnerable period, when they must shed and regrow their feathers on stable ice.

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Emperor penguins shed all their feathers once a year, a precarious ritual that may have become deadly as climate change pushes them into shrinking patches of Antarctic sea ice, researchers said ...

The birds' already risky molting strategy—in which they shed and regrow all their feathers at once—is becoming even more hazardous due to climate change ...