A small amount of penguin poop is enough to spook krill
That’s what researchers at the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences theorize after studying the movements of krill trawled ...
A mere whiff of penguin poo pushes krill to take frantic evasive action
Imagine looking at the world through the stalked compound eyes of krill in the Southern Ocean. All of a sudden, a penguin appears like a voracious giant, streamlined like a torpedo, chasing and ...
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Scientists Uncover a Frozen History in 6,000 Years’ Worth of Penguin Poop, Revealing Past Ecology on Antarctica
Sediment samples from the Ross Sea coastline are revealing insights into how animals like elephant seals and Adélie penguins ...
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The Science Behind Why Penguins Don’t Fly
A Different Kind of Flight While penguins don’t soar through the skies, they’ve mastered a different kind of flight—through water. Their streamlined bodies, powerful flippers, and efficient ...
At a Penguin ‘Retirement Home,’ a Slower Pace and Plenty of Fish
Six African Penguins at the New England Aquarium in Boston have made a new home on an island designed to address the aches ...
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Scientists Capture Penguins Making Sounds Underwater in a Way We've Never Seen Before
Most of the penguins seemed to chat with others while they were in the sea, away from their breeding colonies.
Critically endangered penguin chicks born at Michigan zoo - and there is a contest to name them
The African penguin population has plummeted astronomically thanks to overfishing, climate change and other threats ...
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Inside Antarctica’s plague-infested penguin colonies
A team from EL PAÍS joins the Spanish expedition which has detected the spread of deadly avian flu among Antarctic fauna ...
Ancient DNA helps reconstruct penguin history from the Stone Age to the present day
Researchers conclude that Adélie penguins took over the Antarctic habits of seals when sea ice started to expand around 1,400 ...
S. Africa court bars fishing to protect endangered African Penguins
A South African court order issued Tuesday barred for at least 10 years commercial fishing at key breeding colonies for ...
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San Francisco science museum has welcomed 10 African penguin chicks, boosting efforts to conserve the endangered bird
A bounty of 10 African penguin chicks has hatched in just over a year at a San Francisco science museum as part of an effort to conserve the endangered bird. The penguins began hatching in ...