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What the ‘trash heap’ penguins of Argentina are teaching us about survival
For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...
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SA Ramps Up Conservation Efforts as African Penguins Face Extinction
The African penguin (Spheniscus demersus), fondly nicknamed the “jackass penguin” due to its donkey-like bray, is found only ...
The world’s rarest penguins don’t fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embrace it.
These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...
Roger Williams Park Zoo to open new penguins exhibit Memorial Day weekend
PROVIDENCE – The new penguin exhibit at Roger Williams Park Zoo will open Memorial Day weekend, the zoo announced April 23.
New Clues From Penguins Warn of a Global Mercury Crisis
Rutgers' research reveals the widespread presence of mercury pollution in Earth’s polar regions. In 1962, environmentalist ...
Penguins to return to Providence zoo for the first time in over a decade
The Providence zoo announced Wednesday its forthcoming exhibit featuring a dozen Humboldt penguins will officially open on ...
Meet Duckie: A little Pueblo penguin doing big things!
And one of those faves -- one of the top birds in the entire people’s penguin choice awards -- was a resident at the Pueblo ...
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World Penguin Day: What Penguin Migration Teaches Us About Climate Change
It’s easy to fall in love with penguins—their tuxedo-like feathers, their comical waddle, and the way they huddle together ...
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Roger Williams Park Zoo to open new penguins exhibit Memorial Day weekend
Humboldt penguins are considered a vulnerable species, with an estimated 12,000 breeding pairs left in the wild. PROVIDENCE – The new penguin exhibit at Roger Williams Park Zoo will open ...