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Penguins Are Getting 'Divorced' Faster Than Before — and Humans Might Be at Fault
Like some humans, penguin couples also divorce each other, but it's mostly external factors, triggered by humans, that cause ...
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Falklands' Gentoo penguins practice “kleptoparasitism”, shows study by South African scientist
“This is completely new behavior, not just for gentoo penguins but for penguins in general,” said Handley, whose article was published in “Polar Biology” There are 130.000 breeding pairs ...
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Surging Population of Gentoo Penguins Over Other Species in Antarctica Is Not a Good Sign- Scientists Warn
Scientists have observed an unusual surge in the population of Gentoo penguins in Antarctica that poses a threat to the existence of the other penguin species. A 2016 report addressed the rising ...
El País in English18h
Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica
The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...
Scientific American2d
Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
Antarctic engineers p-p-p-pick up a new team member
An engineer working thousands of miles from home in Antarctica has befriended one of the locals – and has named his new ...
Forbes17d
Yes, Penguins Get ‘Divorced’ Too—A Biologist Explains Why
From the cinematic dedication of emperor penguins marching across frozen lands to gentoo penguins offering pebbles as tokens of affection, these flightless birds seem to epitomize monogamy.