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The Galapagos penguin, one of the world’s rarest, sees a glimmer of hope
AnimalsBiologists created a unique method to boost numbers of the tropical bird—and it seems to be working.ByChristine PetersonPublished October 13, 2022• 6 min readMore than a decade ago, P. Dee Boersma used crowbars and hammers to chisel a small hole out of lava on the Galápagos Islands, hoping to attract one of the world’s rarest
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Endangered Penguin Chick Hatches at National Aviary
The baby is being raised by foster penguin parents. Published October 7, 2022 12:22PM EDT A tiny endangered African penguin chick was recently born at the National Aviary in Pittsburgh. About the size of a lime, the baby weighed just 2.7 ounces (77 grams) when it hatched in late September. African penguins typically reach their
Penguin takes astounding selfie video of its diving and feeding activity
Credit: Wildlife Conservation Society Just in time for Penguin Awareness Day (Thursday, January 20th), the Wildlife Conservation Society's (WCS) Argentina Program has released amazing underwater selfie video recently taken by a male Gentoo penguin fitted with a special camera. The footage shows the penguin repeatedly diving and twisting through schools of sardines with startling speed…