The world may be obsessed with penguins for their tuxedo looks and unmistakable charm, but today’s celebration of Penguin Awareness Day points to a more ... Read more The post Penguins draw worldwide fascination as populations face a sharp decline appeared first on Food Drink Life.

Penguin colonies are declining worldwide; explore their adaptations, threats, and what their struggle tells us about Earth’s future.

Research has estimated that almost 6 million Adélie penguin live in East Antarctica, more than double the previous count. The jump in population is to due a new counting method that took into account non-breeding birds. A report from the Australia ...

Once upon a time, Ile aux Cochons, an uninhabited island part of an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, was home to the largest king penguin population around the world, with around two million king penguins scattered across the island. Today, a ...

Penguin Awareness Day is observed on January 20 to raise awareness about penguins, their habitats, and the challenges they face due to climate change, pollution, and human activities across the planet.

Last December, staff at Adventure Aquarium in Camden, New Jersey, celebrated the arrival of two newly hatched African penguin chicks ( Spheniscus demersus ). Their births marked a big moment in conservation efforts for the critically endangered species, but even more good news was apparently on the way.

Wildlife conservation efforts in the Patagonia region of Argentina have been so successful that rebounding populations of pumas have found an unexpected new main source of prey: Magellanic penguins. Pumas largely disappeared from the region about a century ...