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Penguins feed their young by regurgitating fish and other prey. This demanding chick shoves its bill in for a bite while its sibling clamors for a turn.
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October 7, 2009 Listen to the interview or read the transcript at EarthSky. |
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September 15, 2009 Dee Boersma is among 10 recipients of the Heinz Family Foundation awards given to people whose achievements have fostered a cleaner, greener and more sustainable world.
Each recipient will receive $100,000 and a medallion inscribed with the image of the late Sen. John Heinz, R-Pa., whose environmental legacy is commemorated by the awards. Boersma, a UW biology professor and holder of the Wadsworth Endowed Chair in Conservation Science, is being honored for her extensive field study of penguins and other sea birds to promote conservation and understanding human impact on marine environments. In an effort to better communicate issues of the natural world to the public, she launched Conservation Magazine, a publication for cutting-edge science and smarter conservation (www.conservationmagazine.org). For more than 25 years, she and her students, working with the Wildlife Conservation Society, have studied Magellanic penguins at the Punta Tombo reserve in Argentina. She has dubbed the penguins "marine sentinels" for their warning signs about the ocean environment. Her recent work has shown that, because of climate change and other factors, during the critical period of egg incubation, the penguins at Punta Tombo must swim an average of 25 miles further in search of food than they did just 10 years ago. The awards, announced Sept. 15, were established in 1993 to honor Heinz's legacy on environmental issues. Learn more at the Heinz Awards website. |
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August 19, 2009 In a recently published paper, graduate student Elizabeth Skewgar recommends a marine reserve at Puñihuil Islands, southern Chile, the only known breeding colony where Magellanic and Humboldt penguins nest together. Read the abstract. The paper is published in Ocean & Coastal Management. |
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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 Asian Weekly editor, El Lee, writes about her life-altering experience of leaving her editorial post behind to research penguins in Patagonia with the Magellanic Penguin Project. Read the article |
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June 05, 2009 A graduate student, Eric Wagner, who spent the entire 2008-09 season in Argentina recorded his adventures diligently as he experienced the wonder that is Punta Tombo. He shared several of these entries with Smithsonian Magazine. Read 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 |
