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Heat's On:
36% of Penguin
Colony Decimated

Jun 20, 2012 2:00 AM CDT

Heat's On: 36% of Penguin Colony Decimated

Food vanishing with melting ice: science crew

(Newser) - More than a third of a major Antarctic penguin colony has been decimated, and researchers believe it's due to warmer temperatures and disappearing ice and food. The colony of chinstrap penguins relies for food on krill, which depend on algae that attach to ice, which is rapidly disappearing, scientists...

Female Splits Up
'Gay' Penguins

Dec 13, 2011 8:36 AM CST

Female Splits Up 'Gay' Penguins

It's definitely over for Toronto Zoo's Buddy and Pedro

(Newser) - The penguin love affair dubbed "Brokeback Iceberg" by Jimmy Kimmel is now definitely over. Pedro and Buddy, the "gay" African penguins the Toronto Zoo decided to split up last month , are now both more interested in females, the BBC reports. Buddy, who shared a nest with Pedro for...

'Gay' Penguins to
Be Split Up at Zoo

Nov 10, 2011 2:45 AM CST

'Gay' Penguins to Be Split Up at Zoo

Officials want Buddy, Pedro to mate with females

(Newser) - A pair of "gay" penguins will be split up by the Toronto Zoo so that they can have chicks—with females. The so-far inseparable males “will be put in with a specific female so they have the chance to get to know one another, and if they bond,...

Penguins Plucked From
Oil Spill in Massive Rescue

Apr 3, 2011 9:32 AM CDT

Penguins Plucked From Oil Spill in Massive Rescue

With 300 birds dead, thousands more in danger, rescuers ask for help

(Newser) - An isolated island chain halfway between Africa and Argentina, home to 140,000 penguins, is now in the midst of a massive rescue operation, after a shipwreck sent thousands of gallons of oil and soya bean into the waters there. More than 300 penguins have already died since the ship...

Tagging Harms
Penguins: Study

Jan 13, 2011 4:55 AM CST

Tagging Harms Penguins: Study

Flipper tags affects survival, reproduction

(Newser) - The most common way of identifying penguins for research does the birds serious harm, according to a new study. Researchers found that penguins given flipper bands had 40% fewer chicks than penguins with implanted transponders and lived shorter lives, the BBC reports. The team believes the tags created extra drag...

Chick
Splits Up
Gay SF
Penguins

Jul 13, 2009 2:10 AM CDT

Chick Splits Up Gay SF Penguins

(Newser) - A male penguin couple that raised a hatchling at the San Francisco Zoo has been split up by the attentions of the amorous widow Linda, UPI reports. Magellanic penguin Harry was apparently smitten by the lovesick female, and he deserted Pepper, his partner of six years. Linda has "her...

Gay Penguins Raise Chick

Jun 3, 2009 7:01 PM CDT

Gay Penguins Raise Chick

(Newser) - A pair of homosexual male penguins is raising a chick together, the BBC reports. A zoo in Germany reports that one of its three pairs of gay males hatched the egg after it was rejected by its biological parents. "Since the chick arrived, they have been behaving just as...

Experts Get
the Poop on
Penguins

Jun 2, 2009 4:19 AM CDT

Experts Get the Poop on Penguins

(Newser) - Emperor penguin droppings are so concentrated that the reddish-brown guano has been spotted from space, reports the Times of London. That's a good thing because it's helping scientists pinpoint colonies of the giant birds in Antarctica and help experts track climate change affects. “The ice gets pretty dirty and...