Survival of endangered African penguin chicks increased by 18% following a trial three-year fishery closure around Robben Island in South Africa, a new study from the University of Exeter has found.
Plants & Animals
Jul 7, 2015
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Dozens of penguins have shown up dead over the past three days on the coast of Uruguay, a government official said Thursday.
Ecology
Jun 11, 2015
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To mark World Penguin Day (25 April 2015) citizen science project Penguin Watch will release 500,000 new images of penguins and reveal secrets from a year of spying on penguins.
Plants & Animals
Apr 27, 2015
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The New England Aquarium wants its endangered African penguins to get a little steamy.
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2015
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A study of how climate change has affected emperor penguins over the last 30,000 years found that only three populations may have survived during the last ice age, and that the Ross Sea in Antarctica was likely the refuge ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 1, 2015
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An international research team led by scientists from the University of Otago's Department of Zoology has documented one of the most rapid biological transition events ever found.
Plants & Animals
Feb 10, 2015
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In a part of the world that is experiencing the most dramatic increase in temperature and climate change, two very similar species of animals are responding very differently. New research published today suggests that how ...
Ecology
Jan 20, 2015
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(Phys.org)—The journal Nature has released a video that ventures a bit from its traditional strictly-science approach to technical journalism—it's all about the cutest animal stories of the past year (along with cute ...
A webcam captured images of the first of two African penguins hatching at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh.
Plants & Animals
Dec 16, 2014
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Two penguin genomes have been sequenced and analyzed for the first time in the open access, open data journal GigaScience. Timely for the holiday season, the study reveals insights into how these birds have been able to adapt ...
Biotechnology
Dec 11, 2014
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