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"Penguins are ingesting worrying amounts of white plastic. Could switching colours protect them?"
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Penguins are attracted to harmful white plastics, study shows
Researchers set out to discover why seabirds appear to be attracted to white plastic over other colours.

"King penguins are getting a boost from climate change – but it might not be good news"
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King penguins are a rare species adapting well to climate change
“Winning for this species might mean losing for another species,” one scientist warns.

"Accidental discovery reveals new climate threat to emperor penguins"
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Accidental discovery reveals new climate threat to emperor penguins
The plight of the emperor penguin might be more dire than previously thought. For the first time, scientists have used satellite data to discover new locations in Antarctica where the birds go to shed and replace their feathers every year, an event known as molting. However, they also found that these molting sites might have […]