WASHINGTON – Scientists looking for lost penguins stumbled upon an effective method: Follow their poop from space.
In remote Antarctica, about 1½ times bigger than the United States, researchers have been unable to figure out just where colonies of emperor penguins live and if their population is in peril.
It’s harder still because emperor penguins, featured in [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 28, 2009
Follow the guano
July 14, 2009
New Humboldt chick at Akron Zoo
An endangered Humboldt penguin chick has been born at the Akron Zoo.
The chick, born April 14, emerges from its burrow when its parents, also on exhibit at the zoo, allow it to explore its surroundings.
The chick has been named Tadeo, which means courage, by the Animal Care staff because of the bravery it has already [...]
July 13, 2009
Galápagos Penguin
Credit: National Geographic
In an apparent moment of solitude and safety, a Galápagos penguin (Spheniscus mendiculus) forages in the waters off the South American islands. But danger abounds for this small creature, whose population has been reduced to less than a thousand breeding pairs throughout the archipelago. Predators such as sharks and hawks kill the penguins. [...]
July 12, 2009
Penguins Underwater, Antarctica
Credit: National Geographic
Penguins surface near an air hole in Antarctica, captured with a remote underwater camera.
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
July 11, 2009
Magellanic Penguins in Patagonia
One of the many highlights on a journey to Chile is a visit to Pinguinera de Seno Otway, in southern Patagonia. Located about an hour northwest of Punta Arenas, these are the breeding grounds of a colony of Magellanic penguins, also called jackass penguins because of their braying calls associated with excitement. They are shy [...]
July 11, 2009
Zoo penguin couple breaks up
SAN FRANCISCO — Someone alert Perez Hilton: Harry and Pepper, the San Francisco Zoo’s long-term same-sex penguin couple, have split up. And you might say there’s a disreputable dame to blame.
The couple’s relationship began in 2003 and the breakup came as a shock to the couple’s zookeepers because Harry and Pepper, both Magellanic [...]
July 9, 2009
3 more penguins at Riverbanks Zoo
Columbia (WLTX) — Riverbanks Zoo has one tiny and two big additions to the Penguin Coast exhibit.
A rockhopper chick, born on June 18 and two adult king penguins from the Milwaukee County Zoo, are the newest members of the penguin colony.
The male chick, born to parents Calista and Skimmer, is the first penguin to be [...]
