Pesto the baby penguin is huge — both online and literally speaking. The nine-month-old king penguin, who lives at the Sea Life Melbourne Aquarium in Australia, weighs about 46 pounds. That’s enormous ...
As fish disappear, African penguins are being pushed into direct competition with fishing fleets, deepening their fight for survival.
In the spring of 2011, a single Magellanic penguin was caught in an oil spill on his way to his summer breeding grounds. The unflappable creature eventually drifted on to Proveta Beach in Rio de ...
The cool, sandy dune-dotted shorelines of South Africa are where African penguins arrive at the sea to grab some fish for their families. They huddle along the shorelines, contracting and expanding ...
Penguin trainer Nick Vitale unlocks a door to a small cinderblock room. It's chilly, with buzzing fluorescent lights and a roaring ventilation fan. Also, it smells like fish. The perfect penguin love ...
A research group consisting of Project Researcher Rei Uesaka, Associate Professor Kentaro Sakamoto, Professor Katsufumi Sato, and Research Director Charles-André Bost of the Chizé Institute of Biology ...
Adorable Humboldt penguins investigated a fish-filled Advent calendar at the London Zoo, with recently released footage showing the holiday-themed enrichment. In a press release, the London Zoo, who ...
SAN FRANCISCO — The newest graduates of the San Francisco Zoo’s “Fish School” went on parade to celebrate their accomplishment and greet guests. A video shared by the zoo shows the five Magellanic ...
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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Six Magellanic penguin chicks that hatched in May finally graduated from "fish school" on Saturday. In the San Francisco Zoo's annual ritual, March of the Penguins, the animals ...
A new study on African penguins links food shortages and fishing to adult survival losses, raising the risk of extinction.