After months of floating, the "megaberg" known as A23a has finally come to a halt roughly 50 miles from South Georgia Island ...
Penguin poop is stinky but useful. In Antarctica, the birds’ nutrient-rich guano allows mosses and other organisms to flourish in an otherwise inhospitable place. And, since poop stains on the ice are ...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the African Penguin critically endangered in October 2024. Conservationists say that 97 percent of the population is already lost and, at the ...
The iceberg called A23a is twice the size of Greater London and could block key penguin feeding grounds ... it will be “like dropping a nutrient bomb” into an empty desert, creating an ...
Because fresh water floats on top of heavier seawater, it has the potential to force nutrients - and therefore the shrimp-like krill penguins feed on - deeper into the water column. "If it's very ...
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium has announced the hatching of two penguin chicks, the birth of two expecting Asian elephants, ...
Whether you're in the mood for a cream of vegetable soup or a brothy chicken noodle soup, this mix of spring zoup recipes has ...
The International Union for Conservation of Nature listed the African Penguin critically endangered in October ... but the ...
Shavonna Bent of Braintree knew from childhood visits to Woods Hole Science Aquarium in Falmouth, MA that she wanted to find a way to get on board its research ship. With the help of a VSAC counselor ...
But the melting iceberg may also bring positive changes to the environment, Meijers added, by dispensing huge amounts of nutrients into the water that, in turn, "could actually boost populations ...