Antarctic emperor penguins—which don’t exist in the U.S.—could get federal Endangered Species Act protections because climate change is imperiling the flightless birds.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to list the bird as threatened under an ESA public inspection notice published Tuesday.
The proposal is the Biden administration’s response to a court settlement agreement reached between the Center for Biological Diversity and the Interior Department under the Trump administration in 2020. Interior agreed to review the status of the emperor penguin and determine whether it warrants protection under the ESA by July 29.
“These penguins are hard ...
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