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July 01, 2009 African Penguins have been sliding towards extinction since industrial fishing started around the Cape. The last four years have seen a population crash. BirdLife South African has found someone to champion their cause. Read more |
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June 26, 2009 A former Northwest AsianWeekly editor, El Lee, writes about her life-altering experience of leaving her editorial post behind to research penguins in Patagonia, Argentina with the Magellanic Penguin Project in 'From Penning Articles to Penguin Wrangling. Read El's story |
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June 05, 2009 A graduate student, Eric Wagner, whom spent the entire 2008-09 season in Argentina recorded his adventures diligently as he experienced the wonder that is Punta Tombo for the first time. He then shared several of these entries with Smithsonian Magazine whom published them in their June 2009 issue. Read all Eric's Penguin Dispatches |
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May 28, 2009 Hello Penguin Fans, The 2009 Spring update is here! Learn how the 2008-09 season went and what is new at the Penguin Project. You can find all of our newsletters, including this most recent one under 'Publications'. Additionally, Turbo is now on Facebook so make sure to search for 'Turbo the Penguin' and add yourself as a fan to see exciting pictures, videos and stories all about Turbo! Warm Regards, |
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May 17, 2009 Los derrames de petróleo, los cambios climáticos y la contaminación crónica, son las causas principales de la muerte de estas aves marítimas. Dos especialistas que residen en Punta Tombo, la colonia más grande del mundo, cuentan cómo trabajar su preservación es ayudar a la humanidad. Lea la historia completa |
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May 02, 2009 Results are in for the previously unknown cause of 1,380 Magellanic penguins that died along the Chilean coast last March. Fowl cholera, caused by a deadly bacterium,was determined to be the causitive agent. It is still unknown as to why the outbreak occured. Read the complete news story |
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April 30, 2009 The anxiously awaited 6.5 million dollar humboldt exhibit at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle, WA is set to open Saturday, May 02. The exhibit is modeled after Humboldt inhabited coasts of Peru. Read the complete news story |
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April 04, 2009 On April 4th, 2009, the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington and Dr. Boersma announced the launch of the Center for Penguins as Ocean Sentinels. Read more about the new center.
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April 01, 2009 The New York Times queries Dr. Dee Boersma about how she began her greater than 25 year-long study on penguins, why the penguin population is declining and what policy implications her work will have. Read the complete news story |