Antarctic expedition confirms the spread of the highly pathogenic avian influenza virus in the Weddell Sea
The CSIC-UNESPA scientific expedition has been underway since last January with the aim of monitoring the presence of the ...
Meet the penguin who became friends with a digger
A playful penguin named Collin has become pals with a construction digger in Antarctica. Engineer named Alan Cox, travelled ...
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Penguin eggs, “once vital for Antarctic explorers, but now illegal to consume”
A Korean news site has published an interesting article on Penguin Eggs, and its nutritional virtues, which it describes as ...
Antarctic engineers p-p-p-pick up a new team member
An engineer working thousands of miles from home in Antarctica has befriended one of the locals – and has named his new ...
MercoPress24d
Gentoo penguins proving to be the sturdiest in Antarctica
A forty year study on a remote Antarctic island shows that while populations of two penguin species are declining, while a third is increasing. Analysis of census data from Signy Island in the ...
Scientific American7d
Penguins Help to Map Antarctica’s Growing Mercury Threat
When Philip Sontag first visited Antarctica as a Ph.D. student, he brought back an unusual souvenir: a huge bag of penguin ...
El País in English4d
Worst avian flu crisis ever recorded spreads across Antarctica
The jump of highly pathogenic avian influenza to people is one of the worst nightmares for virologists, but at the moment the ...
CBS News22d
World's biggest iceberg could be on collision course with Antarctic penguin island: "Game of Thrones-esque"
The world's biggest iceberg -- three time the size of New York City -- could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals.
Smithsonian Magazine on MSN19d
See 15 Adorable Photos of Playful, Picture-Perfect Penguins
These images from the Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest show just why penguins have waddled into our hearts ...