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ECHO UGV monitoring penguin population

Meet the robot keeping an eye on emperor penguins in Antarctica

By Scott Dutfield published

A rolling robot is helping scientists to observe and record penguin behavior.

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photo of little penguins marching onto phillip island from the water

5,000 of the world's smallest penguins waddle onto Australian beach in record-breaking parade

By Nicoletta Lanese published

A nightly penguin parade takes place on Phillip Island.

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The same-sex penguin pair's new chick.

Same-sex penguins hatch their first chick at New York zoo

By Patrick Pester published

A pair of same-sex penguins have incubated and hatched their first chick at a New York zoo, adding to the list of successful same-sex penguin foster parents.

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Gentoo penguins tend to their chicks on Andersson Island, Antarctica.

Here's why a new penguin colony in Antarctica is cause for concern

By Laura Geggel published

Scientists in Antarctica have unexpectedly spotted a sub-Antarctic penguin breeding on the southernmost continent.

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Screenshot from an underwater video of a Gentoo penguin feasting on sardines in the Beagle Channel, Argentina

Spellbinding new 'selfie' video captures penguin feasting on giant sardine ball

By Patrick Pester published

A spellbinding new video captures a Gentoo penguin's point of view as it feasts on a giant ball of sardines alongside diving albatross and cormorants.

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Pingu the penguin is lost

Lost' Adélie penguin wanders nearly 2,000 miles off-course, ends up on New Zealand beach

By Joanna Thompson published

A lost Adelie penguin ended up almost 2,000 miles off course.

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African penguins from the affected colony near Cape Town in South Africa.

Dozens of endangered penguins killed after being stung in the eyes by swarming honeybees

By Harry Baker published

Conservationists have confirmed that 64 African penguins were killed in South Africa after being stung in and around the eyes by honeybees.

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A group of six emperor penguins standing on the ice. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service announce d a proposal to list the emperor penguin as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).

Melting sea ice could wipe out 98% of emperor penguins by the end of the century

By Harry Baker published

A new study has predicted that emperor penguins could become functionally extinct by the end of the century due to melting sea ice.

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Tasmanian devils are the largest carnivorous marsupials in the world.

Tasmanian devils wipe out colony of little penguins in major conservation backfire

By Harry Baker published

Tasmanian devils introduced to Maria Island for their own conservation have created an ecological disaster in their new home by wiping out an entire population of little penguins.

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A wildlife photographer captured images of a rare yellow penguin.

There's a rare yellow penguin on South Georgia island, and biologists can't quite explain it

By Yasemin Saplakoglu published

Black-and-white tuxedos may be the conventional dress code in the penguin world, but one dashing individual is breaking the status quo with an à la mode yellow coat.

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