penguins
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Poo Stains Seen From Space Lead To Discovery Of Massive Penguin ‘Supercolony’
After noticing the telltale signs of guano streaks on satellite imagery, an international team of researchers set out to count the number of penguins on Antarctica’s aptly named Danger Islands. They found a previously undetected supercolony of over 1.5 million Adélie penguins – a surprising result, given how poorly these aquatic birds are doing just…
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Scientists Crack The Code Of The Antarctic Penguin’s Mysterious Undersea Calls
Image: NOAA When Gentoo penguins swim into the open ocean to hunt for food, they often produce wierd buzzing sounds that marine biologists assume is a form of communication. By strapping cameras to the backs of these aquatic birds, scientists have finally figured out the purpose of these odd vocalisations.
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This Penguin Is Waddling On A Treadmill In The Name Of Science
Shoving a bunch of fat penguins on to treadmills to monitor how weight influences their funny walk sounds like a dream sequence from a strange a cartoon. But it’s actually a real scientific study that’s just been published.
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This Is What Will Happen To Antarctica In 100 Years
In more temperate parts of the world, ice is just ice, but in Antarctica, ice is everything. It defines Antarctica: Earth’s southern polar ice cap, a 14-million square kilometre ice sheet, covers 98 per cent of the continent. But within the next hundred years, Antarctica stands to lose much of that ice, especially in its…