New University of Otago research has improved our understanding of when and why penguins evolved, and has identified two recently extinct penguins from New Zealand's remote Chatham Islands. In the ...
Penguins do not react to people the way most wild animals do. When a human appears on an Antarctic shoreline, many penguins ...
Penguins are known for huddling on Antarctic ice, or marching across windswept expanses of the frozen continent. But there are at least 18 species of penguins populating the Southern Hemisphere — and ...
Daniel Thomas earned a doctorate in geology and zoology from the University of Otago in 2009, where his research focused on penguin evolution. He completed postdoctoral fellowships at the University ...
The image of a penguin might bring to mind an endless march across windswept ice. The reality of penguins is a bit different, says Grant Ballard of Point Blue Conservation Science. GRANT BALLARD: ...
WASHINGTON - Some ancient penguins may have been twice as big as today's Emperor penguin but they lacked the dashing tuxedo. Researchers have unearthed remains of a nearly 5-foot-tall penguin that ...
New research suggests that penguins' ancestors originated not in frozen Antarctica but, instead, off the coasts of Australia and New Zealand,... The Evolutionary History Of Penguins Is Far From Black ...