Nothing But Penguins

Learning from King Penguins

We’ve heard a lot about global warming these days, and penguins continue to be a topic of discussion. The International Animal Rescue has a quick little article about King penguins and global warming effects – as presented by the Institut Pluridisciplinaire Hubert Curien in France. The reports say that even 1 degree of change can […]

Penguins and the changing climate

Daniel Zwerdling at NPR (National Public Radio) wrote a fantastic article about penguins and how they are helping scientists to determine the effects of global warming. He spoke with David Ainley, “one of the most respected penguin researchers in the world”, and share with us some of the findings at Cape Royds,Antarctica. My favorite comment […]

Penguins in Omaha

The Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha Nebraska now has 2 new penguins. A king penguin and a macaroni penguin recently arrived from a rescue group in South Africa. When the two birds were found, zoo officials said, they were severely dehydrated and have since been nursed back to health. This will tie the zoo for […]

Penguin Point

Seaworld at Gold Coast Australia opened a new state-of-the-art fairy penguin exhibit March 7th. Penguin Point will initially be home to 11 fairy penguins from Sea World and Perth Zoo. Photo from: Brisban Times It is much larger than the previous exhibit – with a capacity of up to 60 birds – and contains 100,000 […]

Blue Penguins in New Zealand

An article in the New Zealand National News says that blue penguin populations are slowly decreasing due to roadkill. I really wish there was another term… reading “roadkill” every few sentences just made for a sad picture, but I think that’s the point. Read the full story [tags]penguins,survival,wildlife[/tags]