Some penguins would have been as tall (or even taller) than adults today.
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There is plenty of work to do to ensure that other species, geographical areas and ecosystems across Africa are better understood through bioacoustics.
Emperor penguins survive in a ‘Goldilocks zone’ between too much sea ice and too little. A new study shows the risk they face from climate change.
They can’t fly through the air but they can fly underwater.
The bacteria which causes the infection in yellow-eyed penguins is closely related to a human pathogen.
Over six months, 73,991 tourists visited the continent. The potential to spread coronavirus to penguins, whales and other wildlife is enormous.
The discovery that gentoo penguins are actually four distinct species has important implications for their conservation.
Paleontologists have discovered fossil remains belonging to an enormous ‘toothed’ bird that lived for a period of about 60 million years after dinosaurs.
This study provides the first evidence that penguins emit sounds underwater when they hunt.
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.
Emperor Penguins thrive in harsh conditions, but a new study shows that their fate depends on human action to slow global warming and associated loss of sea ice.
Oil spills from a project that’s designed to harness the economic potential of South Africa’s oceans are threatening the world’s largest remaining African Penguin colony.
Cooperation or theft? New observations show wild leopard seals sharing food when targeting king penguins in Antarctica.
How African penguins and their chicks’ respond to fish availability informs marine conservation.
Buildings and human disturbance in Antartica is clustered in an ice-free zone that is essential to most of the continent’s biodiversity.
Loud noise from underwater seismic surveys can drive penguins from their normal foraging grounds.
Scientists in New Zealand have discovered an extinct penguin known as Kumimanu biceae that was 1.77m tall.
Penguins in New Zealand, Australia and elsewhere face an uncertain future as a new review documents the number accidentally ensnared in fishing nets.
Young African penguins are following the usual cues to feeding grounds only to find that the sources of food in these places is no longer available. This is devastating for their numbers.
Next time you plan a holiday you can rest assured that wildlife sightseeing can help some threatened species.
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Senior Lecturer in Southern Ocean Vertebrate Ecology, Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, University of Tasmania
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Associate Scientist, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
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Vertebrate palaeontologist, Flinders University
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Professor, Nelson Mandela University
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Research fellow, Research Associate, The University of Western Australia
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Research Fellow, Bristol Zoological Society and University of Exeter; Extraordinary Professor: Department of Biodiversity and Conservation Biology, University of the Western Cape, University of Exeter
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Honorary Research Associate and Research Manager at SANCCOB, University of Cape Town
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Adjunct professor, Nelson Mandela University
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Senior Lecturer in Genetics, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Visiting Researcher, Centre for Ecology and Conservation, University of Exeter
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Honorary Lecturer, La Trobe University
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Marine Biologist, British Antarctic Survey
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Associate Professor in criminology, UNSW
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International Chair in Ecotourism Research, Griffith University
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Associate Professor of Geology & Environmental Studies, Green Mountain College