Great penguins once lived in much warmer waters, but then retreated to the Southern Ocean. In a warming world, they might be able to shift their range again.
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This newly discovered species is the oldest one known to resemble today’s penguins in both size and leg proportions, unlike its giant co-habitants at the time.
Fossilised bones discovered in New Zealand reveal an extinct penguin which may have been the largest to ever live, around the same height as an average man.
Scientists in New Zealand have discovered an extinct penguin known as Kumimanu biceae that was 1.77m tall.
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Curator of Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
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Professor of Evolutionary Biology and Science Engagement, University of East Anglia
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Vertebrate palaeontologist, Flinders University
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Honorary Academic (School of Biological Sciences), University of Auckland, Waipapa Taumata Rau
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Curator of Vertebrates, Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa