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Animals News tagged with penguin

Ancient Penguin DNA Raises Doubts About Accuracy of Genetic Dating Techniques
Animals  (tags: Penguin, DNA, Genetic )

Nancy
- 13 days ago - sciencedaily.com
The findings raise doubts about the accuracy of many evolutionary rates based on conventional types of genetic analysis.
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Feds Will Face Lawsuit for Denying Penguins Endangered Species Protection
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, endangered, penguin, wildlife )

Maria
- 48 days ago - oceansentry.org
The emperor penguin, the most ice-dependent of all penguin species, is threatened by the loss of its sea-ice habitat as well as declining food availability wrought by the warming ocean off Antarctica.
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Wetsuit Shields Bald Penguin in Sun
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, penguin, wildlife )

Maria
- 105 days ago - uk.news.yahoo.com
Ralph, a nine-year-old Humboldt penguin at Marwell Wildlife, lost all of his feathers in one day, exposing his pale pink skin to the summer sun. Now keepers at the zoo near Winchester in Hampshire have created the wetsuit from the leg of an
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Battle To Save Penguins Facing Extinction
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, penguin, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 153 days ago - uk.news.yahoo.com
Conservationists are warning that a rare species of penguin could face extinction unless urgent action is taken to protect it. African penguins which nest around the southern coastline of the continent are under threat
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The Birds Are Dying, and No One Knows Why
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, penguin, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 192 days ago - oceansentry.org
Chilean scientists are investigating three mysterious ecological disasters that have caused the deaths of hundreds of penguins, millions of sardines and about 2,000 baby flamingos in the past few months. The events started to unfold in March,
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Save South Africa's Penguins - Give Them a Home
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, penguin, environment, habitat, humans, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 243 days ago - google.com
Nesting in the sparkling sand, preening on the rocks and darting through the waters, the penguins on the southern tip of Africa are the ultimate crowd-pleaser. But crisis looms.< Short of food, exposed to predators and the African sun, their
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Over 1500 Dead Penguins Found In Chile - Video
Animals  (tags: animals, animalwelfare, penguin, death, habitat, humans, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Maria
- 243 days ago - keyc.com
Authorities in Chile are investigating what caused the death of nearly 15 hundred penguins found in a southern bay.The dead birds were discovered yesterday on a beach more than 12 hundred miles north of Antarctica.Navy officials say experts from nearby
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Penguin Flees Killer Whales ~ Amazing Escape, ~Video
Animals  (tags: marine wildlife, whales, orca, penguin, amazing escape )

Jacquelin
- 309 days ago - news.com.au
A PENGUIN escaped a hungry pack of killer whales by jumping out of the water and into a boatload of stunned tourists watching the cat-and-mouse drama.
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Scientists Discover Unknown Penguin Species
Animals  (tags: new zealand, marine wildlife, discovery, new species, penguin, endangered, extinction, habitat, humans, protection )

Jacquelin
- 374 days ago - edition.cnn.com
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Researchers studying a rare and endangered species of penguin have uncovered a breed that disappeared about 500 years ago.The research suggests that the first humans in New Zealand hunted the newly found Waitaha penguin to
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Unhappy Feet for Brown Penquin
Animals  (tags: penguin, rare, brown, australia, animals, endangered, GoodNews, wildlife )


- 693 days ago - news.com.au
WHILE penguins tend to wear a black and white tux, nature finds room for the occasional trendsetter.
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Penguins Gather Fishing Buddies for Better Feed...............
Animals  (tags: penguin, phillipisland, australia, wildlife, animals )


- 780 days ago - news.com.au
IT'S not just men who love to go fishing with their mates, research from Phillip Island has found penguins do it too.
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Bird-Lovers Outraged at Penguin Deaths
Animals  (tags: australia, wildlife, sealife, penguin )

Jacquelin
- 930 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
BIRD lovers and environmental groups are outraged that 23 fairy penguins have been found dead in Port Phillip Bay. The groups describes yesterday's shocking discovery as the worst act of environmental vandalism since fishermen shot dozens of seals off Wi
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Penguin Strays 5000km to Peru
Animals  (tags: south america, wildlife, sealife, penguin )

Jacquelin
- 931 days ago - theaustralian.news.com.au
A MAGELLANIC penguin has stunned scientists by showing up in Peru, some 5000km from home in southern Chile. The penguin "got off course", said Miguel Lleellish, of the National Institute of Natural Resources. The penguin appeared to have been acting
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Confused Penguin Strays 5,000km
Animals  (tags: penguin )


- 932 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A Magellanic penguin whose natural habitat is the cool climes of southern Chile has strayed thousands of miles from his home, arriving in Peru.
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