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Water wonderful sight! Widowed penguins consoling each other and shoals of mobula rays are among the top images from the annual Ocean Photography Awards Nadia Aly scooped top prize for her wondrous shot of an aggregation of mobula rays off the coast of Mexico The Oceanographic Magazine competition received more than 3,000 submissions from across … Read more
A picture of two penguins cuddling up to each other is among a series of stunning photographs showing the beauty and danger of our underwater world and the creatures that inhabit it. Many of the pictures show animals which are facing crisis as human activity pushes them to the brink. The spectacular snaps are finalists … Read more
Gentoo penguins should be considered four different species due to the way they have adapted to live in different environments, according to scientists. Experts from the University of Bath analysed the genetic and physical difference between Gentoo penguin populations around the southern hemisphere. They say that counting the birds as four separate full species will … Read more
World’s biggest iceberg is on collision course with British Atlantic island South Georgia, posing grave threat to local penguins and seals A-68a has been moving towards South Georgia since breaking from Antarctica The iceberg is about quarter of the size of Wales and more than 656 feet thick If it lands near South Georgia it … Read more
A ‘callous and cruel’ ex-zoo keeper who broke into his former workplace and stole £25,000 worth of rare birds including two penguins has today been jailed. Bradley Tomes, 25, was rumbled after he sold two tiny Humboldt penguins named Pablo and Penny on Facebook to an animal collector who became suspicious. He also stole 12 … Read more
Two gay male penguins have stolen a lesbian penguin couple’s eggs at Dierenpark zoo in Amersfoort, Netherland. They tried to hatch another bird’s egg in November last year.
Global warming has revealed mummified remains of Adélie penguins that have laid hidden under the ice in Antarctica for more than 5,000 years. Steven Emslie, a professor at the University of North Carolina, was studying Cape Irizar just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast, when he and his team stumbled upon hundreds … Read more
Global warming has revealed mummified remains of Adélie penguins that have laid hidden under the ice in Antarctica for more than 5,000 years. Steven Emslie, a professor at the University of North Carolina, was studying Cape Irizar just south of the Drygalski Ice Tongue on the Scott Coast when he and his team stumbled upon hundreds … Read more
March of the little penguins! Live feed of adorable Phillip Island parade goes viral as thousands watch the birds waddle across the beach – and it’s on again tonight Thousands of little penguins will be livestreamed as they return to Phillip Island The penguin species is the smallest in the world, reaching about 33cm in … Read more
Penguins first evolved almost 22 million years ago in Australia and New Zealand and NOT in Antarctica Researchers analysed the genomes of 18 different species of the aquatic birds They found penguins did not colonise the Antarctic until 2–9 million years ago Changes in the ocean current around Antarctica likely triggered this movement Penguins also adapted to … Read more