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a graphic with every penguin species

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How Big Do Penguins Get?

The largest of the penguins, the emperor, stands at just over four feet while the...

The Ross Sea is a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean off the coast of Antarctica.

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A Trip South to Antarctica’s Ross Sea

The Ross Sea, a 1.9 million square mile (3.6 million square km) stretch of ocean...

Mon, 06/10/2013 - 11:37

A polar bear and its cub in Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Alaska.

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Celebrating Marine Moms

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

Wed, 04/24/2013 - 17:29

A screenshot from the video showing illustration of penguins on ice.

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Penguins: Popularity, Peril and Poop

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

Fri, 08/11/2017 - 09:34

A researcher leans off of a boat to tag a great white shark.

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Collaborator Research

Recent Antarctic expeditions, underwater volcano monitoring, studies of...

Tue, 12/01/2009 - 10:02

Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.

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Penguin Health Equals Ocean Health

It’s hard not to identify with penguins as they waddle about upright on land,...

April 2014

A large red research vessel among icy waters and snowy mountains

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Shipboard Life in the Antarctic

Strapped in to a harness on the back deck of a 230-foot research vessel off the...

June 2016

Human activity is increasing in the Arctic marine environment due to climate change. To help the most vulnerable areas, the Global Marine Program of IUCN, along with partners, is convening a series of workshops aimed at enhancing ecosystem-based management and identifying biologically or ecologically important or vulnerable habitats. Burgerbukta, a bay in Svalbard, Norway, is being managed for ecosystem protection.

The Sant Ocean Hall: Life at the Poles Exhibit

Most of you know that the Earth’s poles are cold. But did you know that there are...

September 2011

Looking through this iceberg's reflection in the Antarctic water, you can see the iceberg below the surface—some 90% of its total volume.

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The Arctic and The Antarctic

Travel to the ends of the earth—literally—and discover the polar ocean basins....

April 2018

A emperor penguin chick sits under its mother's legs.

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Emperor Penguin Chick with Mother

An emperor penguin chick (Aptenodytes forsteri) huddles under its mother's legs to...

Magellanic penguin parents typically lay two eggs under a bush or in a burrow, taking turns swimming out to sea to catch food for their chicks.

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Magellanic Penguin Parent and Chick

A parent Magellanic penguin (Spheniscus magellanicus) sits with its big chick....

The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1998. The islands are particularly notable for the abundance and diversity of nesting pelagic seabirds and penguins (including macaroni penguins, Eudyptes chrysolophus,

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New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands, New Zealand

The New Zealand Sub-Antarctic Islands site was inscribed on the World Heritage List...