Climate change and fishing create 'trap' for penguins
Endangered penguins are foraging for food in the wrong places due to fishing and climate change, research led by the University of Exeter and the University of Cape Town has revealed.
Endangered penguins are foraging for food in the wrong places due to fishing and climate change, research led by the University of Exeter and the University of Cape Town has revealed.
Plants & Animals
Feb 9, 2017
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A Canadian zoo has launched an investigation into the mysterious drowning deaths of seven Humboldt penguins.
Plants & Animals
Dec 9, 2016
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Nations from around the world on Friday reached an historic agreement to preserve an area of ocean near Antarctica that's about twice the size of Texas. Here are some questions and answers about the deal:
Ecology
Oct 28, 2016
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Biologists of all stripes attest to evolution, but have debated its details since Darwin's day. Since changes arise and take hold slowly over many generations, it is daunting to track this process in real time for long-lived ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 26, 2016
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New research by Murdoch University will investigate the future of Rockingham's beloved Little Penguins colony.
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2016
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Sleeping king penguins react differently to the sounds of predators than to non-predators and other sounds, when they are sleeping on the beach. Research carried out at the University of Roehampton, UK, has revealed that ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2016
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Climate has influenced the distribution patterns of Adélie penguins across Antarctica for millions of years.
Plants & Animals
Jun 29, 2016
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DNA tests have confirmed that one of the three southern rockhopper penguin chicks born at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan between June 4 and 6 was conceived through artificial insemination. This is the result of a project led by ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2016
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No colony is an island or a remote patch on sea ice on the coast of Antarctica. Emperor penguins move all around the frozen continent making one single interbreeding population for the whole species. A single circumpolar ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 22, 2016
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A San Francisco penguin that once sported a wetsuit after losing his feathers and who starred in a children's book has died at the age of 33, officials said this week.
Plants & Animals
May 6, 2016
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