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"Satellite Images of Penguin Droppings Reveal Impact of Antarctic Warming"
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Satellite Images of Penguin Droppings Reveal Impact of Antarctic Warming

"As yellow-eyed penguins disappear, conservationists focus on deaths in fishing nets"
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As yellow-eyed penguins disappear, conservationists focus on deaths in fishing nets
OTAGO PENINSULA, Aotearoa New Zealand — Sandfly Bay was long a key nesting area for yellow-eyed penguins (Megadyptes antipodes), noisy, pink-footed birds that spend long days foraging at sea. But this wild beach on the Otago Peninsula, like others nearby, has gone quiet. In 2024, the last breeding-age female at Sandfly Bay, who’d been consistently […]

Historical remote sensing highlights long-term persistence of Emperor Penguin (Aptenodytes forsteri) colonies / Response of emperor penguins to 40 years of changing ice conditions at the Astrid, Mertz and SANAE colonies using satellite remote sensing (1984–2024): #Penguins: https://science.nasa.gov/earth/earth-observatory/a-changing-world-for-emperor-penguins/

"Australia is working to catch 5,000 of the world's smallest penguins to vaccinate them against bird flu"
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Australia working to catch 5,000 penguins, vaccinate them against bird flu
Capturing wildlife to vaccinate them is difficult, particularly because the bird flu vaccination requires they be caught twice, for two doses.

"Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years"
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Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years
Genetic evidence has revealed a previously unknown gentoo penguin species on the remote Kerguelen Islands and shown that gentoos actually consist of four distinct species. The discovery also highlights a growing threat, as warming oceans could leave several island populations with little suitable habitat by 2050.