An artist’s concept of Kumimanu and Petradyptes penguins on an ancient New Zealand beach. Kumimanu, the larger of the two, weighed around 340 pounds and…
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The Kawhia giant penguin Kairuku waewaeroa. Credit Simone Giovanardi A giant fossilized penguin discovered by New Zealand school children has been revealed as a new…
New research led by BirdLife International, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and British Antarctic Survey highlights how a proposed network of marine protected areas…
South Georgia Gentoo penguins (P. poncetii) live in more northerly habitats where conditions are milder, than their Southern Gentoo cousins which live on the Antarctic…
Emperor penguins live in Antarctica, which is not only remote and inaccessible, but temperatures can drop to –50°C. Studying penguin colonies is therefore extremely difficult.…
Plotopterids like these Copepteryx grew to enormous sizes. Credit: Mark Witton New Zealand’s monster penguins that lived 62 million years ago had doppelgangers in Japan,…
Adélie penguins in Lützow-Holm Bay, Antarctica, enjoy easy access to food and increase body weight and breeding success in ice-free summer. Credit: Yuuki Watanabe (National…
New Zealand is a key area for understanding the diversity of the extinct penguins and has even revealed the existence of ‘giant’ penguin species (larger…
The fate of emperor penguins is largely tied to sea ice, making them particulary vulnerable to warming. Credit: Stephanie Jenouvrier, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution. Emperor…