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Penguin `Mothers' Make Daily Care a Labor of Love
Animals  (tags: penguins, baby, rehabilitation, surrogate mothers, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1856 days ago - wtopnews.com
Like many moms of newborns, Caitlin Hume still has plenty of work to do when she gets home. There's the herring-and-krill formula to prepare, followed by a little peeping and playtime, then bed.
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'Sex Pest' Seal Attacks Penguin
Animals  (tags: seals, penguins, sex, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1873 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
An Antarctic fur seal has been observed trying to have sex with a king penguin. The South African-based scientists who witnessed the incident say it is the most unusual case of mammal mating behaviour yet known. The incident, which lasted for 45 minutes
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Sign Petition to Add 12 Species of Penguin to the Endangered Species List!
Animals  (tags: penguins, endangered species, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, protection, wildanimals, wildlife )

Cher
- 1888 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
The nonprofit Center for Biological Diversity filed a formal petition with the U.S. government this past November requesting that 12 species of penguins worldwide be added to the list of threatened and endangered species under the federal Endangered
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Penguins Helped and Hurt By Changing Climate
Animals  (tags: penguins, climate change, animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 1906 days ago - npr.org
Currently, Adelie penguins at Cape Royds are doing well -- the melting ice has even made life better for them. But researchers are keeping a close watch, knowing that climate change is making their future unpredictable.
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King Penguins At Risk
Animals  (tags: animalwelfare, penguins )

Henry
- 1943 days ago - time.com
Is it getting too warm for King Penguins?
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More Penguins Released To Join Original Colonies
Animals  (tags: penguins, rehabilitation, release, animals, IFAW, environment, habitat, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, AnimalWelfare )

Cher
- 1966 days ago - animalrescueblog.org
Over the past couple days IFAW has been coordinating the release of rehabilitated penguins in Argentina following weeks of rehabilitation and intensive care. "It has been very emotional for volunteers and all other groups involved. There are about 190
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Stewart Island Penguins Fighting to Survive
Animals  (tags: penguins, stewart island, fighting, survival, endangered, numbers dropping )

Simone
- 1985 days ago - stuff.co.nz
Just six of 25 yellow-eyed penguin chicks hatched in monitored areas of Stewart Island had survived so far this summer, the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust said. The island's penguin population faces an uncertain future after a devastating breeding season
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Penguins Help With London Zoo Head Count
Animals  (tags: penguins, zoos, animals, AnimalWelfare, protection, wildlife, wildanimals, video )

Cher
- 1987 days ago - telegraph.co.uk
The trouble with penguins is that they all look so alike, so a roll call was needed at London Zoo. Bird keeper Darren Jordan, armed with a clipboard, checked on the 40 South African Black-Footed and four Rock Hopper penguins who make up the zoo's colony
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Antarctica's Adelie Penguins Extinct in a Decade?
Animals  (tags: endangered, animals, penguins )

Cal
- 1999 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
Adélie penguins in Antarctica are in the midst of a major upheaval as climate change causes their icy habitat to warm up, experts say
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Penguins in Peril as Climate Warms
Animals  (tags: penguins, climate change, antarctic, animals, global warming, AnimalWelfare, protection, environment, habitat, wildlife, wildanimals )

Cher
- 2006 days ago - worldwildlife.org
The penguin population of Antarctica is under pressure from global warming, says WWF's latest briefing. The briefing, Antarctic Penguins and Climate Change, shows that the four populations of penguins that breed on the Antarctic continent are under escala
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'Ere! What Are We Queueing for?' Amazing Picture of Penguins Lining Up to Escape the Cold
Animals  (tags: wildlife, environment, penguins )

Cathryne
- 2017 days ago - dailymail.co.uk
Trapped in a fierce blizzard whipped up by 100mph winds, 2,000 King Penguins huddle together for warmth on the island of South Georgia near Antarctica. To survive in one of the most inhospitable environments on earth, the penguins share body heat to
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Sadden Penguin Couple Refuse to Eat After Egg Is Broken
Animals  (tags: penguins, animals, AnimalWelfare, sadness, wildlife, environment )

Cher
- 2035 days ago - news.xinhuanet.com
A pair of penguins in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province became withdrawn and anxious after the egg they were hatching was smashed in a fight with other jealous penguins, according to sources with the Polar Museum of Harbin on Thursday
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Two Gay Penguins in Central Park Zoo Have Been Together 6 Years
Animals  (tags: penguins, zoo, animals, wildlife, unusual, gay, homosexual, behavior, nesting )

Connie
- 2101 days ago - connietalk.com
At the Central Park Zoo in Manhattan, New York, two chinstrap penguins named Roy and Silo have been together for almost six years. The unusual thing is, they are both males. They refuse other females, and engage in courting behavior only with...
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Penguins Affected By Uruguay Oil Spill Returned to Ocean
Animals  (tags: penguins, rescued, returned home, oil spill )

Simone
- 2126 days ago - earthtimes.org
After several weeks of rehabilitation work, the rescue crew of IFAW (International Fund for Animal Welfare) and the Uruguayan organization SOCOBIOMA (the Society for the Conservation of Biodiversity in Maldonado) has released the first group of penguins
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Video: Penguin Drama Unfolds as Antarctica Heats Up
Animals  (tags: antarctic, penguins, wildlife, sealife )

Jacquelin
- 2155 days ago - news.nationalgeographic.com
July 26, 2007--Adélie, chinstrap, gentoo, and emperor might sound like characters in a fantasy novel. But in reality they are penguin species from Antarctica, where life in a winter wonderland is taking a tragic turn. Recent temperature increases i
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