How to Use emperor penguin in a Sentence

emperor penguin

noun

• The largest living penguin species is the emperor penguin, which tops out at 4 feet.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2019
• Today, their sizes range from the blue penguin, just over a foot tall, to the emperor penguin, nearly three times as big.
  — Gemma Tarlach, Discover Magazine, 6 Nov. 2018
• In contrast, the largest of the modern penguins, the emperor penguin, weighs up to 88 pounds and is a little over 4 feet tall, on average.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 12 Dec. 2017
• In the Antarctic the food chain is relatively small and any change to a species that is lower in the food chain could impact the health of the emperor penguin (a predator).
  — Maria Jimenez Moya, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
• Compared to other penguin species, the emperor penguin is the largest, standing about four feet tall and weighing up to 100 pounds.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 9 Dec. 2021
• The number of emperor penguin colonies known to scientists has now grown from 62 to 66 with Fretwell's discovery.
  — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• By comparison, the tallest living species, the emperor penguin, reaches about four feet in height.
  — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 12 Dec. 2017
• The iconic emperor penguins could all but vanish by the end of the century, another new report projects.
  — Cheryl Katz, National Geographic, 4 Dec. 2019
• The survival of each new generation of emperor penguins relies on the presence of ice beneath those tiny feet.
  — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2023
• Rusty-brown streaks of penguin poo seen from space have led to the discovery of eight new colonies of emperor penguin, reports Carolyn Gramling of Science News.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Aug. 2020
• When a researcher with the Australian Antarctic Division left a camera near the favorite haunt of a large colony of emperor penguins, two of the birds waddled over to check the contraption out.
  — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, 9 Mar. 2018
• On the other end of the planet, a new study projected that, thanks to melting ice in Antarctica, 98 percent of the world’s emperor penguin colonies may vanish by the end of the century.
  — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2021
• Weighing nearly 40 pounds and standing up to three feet high, king penguins are second only to emperor penguins in size.
  — National Geographic, 26 Mar. 2020
• In any case, the sculptures are sure to tickle some memory, because they’re based on the most iconic species, such as emperor penguins and European gray wolves.
  — Kerry Lengel, azcentral, 14 Oct. 2019
• Two emperor penguins in Antarctica captured a short video of themselves after coming across a camera left on the ice by a human.
  — Author: Amy B Wang, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Mar. 2018
• Two emperor penguins in Antarctica found a camera left by a human and captured a 38-second video of themselves.
  — Dino Grandoni, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2018
• In contrast, today’s largest living penguin, the emperor penguin, is half as massive and shorter by half a meter.
  — Roni Dengler, Science | AAAS, 12 Dec. 2017
• The continent is just beginning to emerge from its long polar night, when emperor penguin colonies aren’t visible in the darkness to satellites.
  — Delger Erdenesanaa, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2023
• The monster penguins, named Crossvallia waiparensis, would have been about twice the weight and 30 centimeters (1 foot) taller than the largest type of penguins alive today, emperor penguins.
  — Washington Post, 14 Aug. 2019
• The research shows the Petradyptes stonehousei was slightly larger than the extant emperor penguin.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 10 Feb. 2023
• In a video shared by the Australian Antarctic Division, two emperor penguins found a camera lying on the ice and shot a quick video of themselves investigating the device.
  — Natalie Dreier, ajc, 9 Mar. 2018
• These penguins, unlike their emperor penguins relatives, live and breed on ice-free islands.
  — Grace Donnelly, Fortune, 27 Feb. 2018
• Other features include a six-night stay at a luxury camp near the edge of the continent, a rare visit to an emperor penguin colony and an exploration of Antarctica ice caves.
  — Gene Sloan, USA TODAY, 29 June 2018
• Born without the ability to sing, a young emperor penguin expresses himself and hopes to attract a mate through his amazing dancing talent.
  — Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2019
• Blue penguins are native to the coastlines of Australia and New Zealand, warmer climates than where their emperor penguin relatives reside.
  — Natasha Dado, PEOPLE.com, 18 Jan. 2022
• After measuring the heart rates of diving emperor penguins and captive whales, researchers from the University of Stanford decided to try to measure the heart rates of wild whales.
  — Amy Woodyatt, CNN, 26 Nov. 2019
• Climate change is impacting emperor penguins: Chicks are dying and extinction looms, a study finds.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
• An emperor penguin colony in the Antarctic's Weddell Sea was effectively wiped out in 2016 because of record-low sea ice and early ice breakup, Jenouvrier said.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 4 Aug. 2021
• The loss of ice in one region of Antarctica last year likely resulted in none of the emperor penguin chicks surviving in four colonies, researchers reported Thursday.
  — Time, 24 Aug. 2023
• Explorer guests join a colony of 6,000 emperor penguins in Atka Bay, and accompany expert guides in ice tunnel trekking, kite-skiing, and a day of technical rock and ice climbing.
  — Paula Conway, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Aug 2024