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Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

Penguins are odd birds. For one, they cannot fly (but they are amazing swimmers),...

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Celebrating Marine Moms

The ocean is home to many moms of all shapes and sizes: from charismatic polar...

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Sabrina Taylor Releases a Sparrow

Sabrina Taylor, a wildlife biologist at Louisiana State University and lead...

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Punta Tombo Penguins

Every breeding season, some 400,000 Magellanic penguins (Spheniscus magellanicus)...

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Emperor Penguins on the Ice

Standing at twice the height of the Adélie penguins, emperor penguins are the...

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Adélie Penguin Jumping Out of the Water

Small Adélie penguins live throughout the Antarctic, but are most abundant in the...

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King Penguins, Right Whale Beach, South Georgia Island, Southern Ocean

There are over 30 colonies of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on South...

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Adélie Penguins Face Off

These cute Adélie penguins (Pygoscelis adeliae) are actually having a bit of a...

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Gentoo Penguin Mother and Chick

A gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis papua) mother stands with her chick in Antarctica....

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Pelicans Roost at Oil Spill "Ground Zero"

Two years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, brown pelicans roost on a mangrove...

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Pelicans Perch on Oil Booms

GRAND ISLE, La. -- Brown pelicans congregate on containment boom that surrounds...

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Adélie Penguins, Paulet Island, Antarctica

“As we motored around Paulet Island in a Zodiac boat, these two curious penguins...