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What the ‘trash heap’ penguins of Argentina are teaching us about survival
For more than 60 million years, penguins of all kinds—including the opportunistic Magellanic penguin—have been driven by an ...
The world’s rarest penguins don’t fear the heat. Here's how they learned to embraced it.
These birds have evolved to withstand the equatorial sun and shelter in volcanic rocks along a subtropical coastline. After ...
How Antarctica’s penguins became nature’s daredevils
From diving off cliffs to starving for months, emperor penguins are continuing to surprise scientists with their ability to ...
Cornered Mother Penguin Confronts Hungry Sea Lion '70 Times Her Size' In First of Its Kind Footage (Exclusive)
The clip of the rockhopper mom facing off with a giant sea lion comes from National Geographic's upcoming docuseries, 'Secrets of the Penguins' ...
Gorillas in Congo's Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park scratch the ground for truffles, not for insects as long assumed
A recently published paper reveals that soil scratching by gorillas in Congo's Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park is a foraging ...
Oregon zoo’s baby elephant shows off personality during first visit to outside public area
A baby elephant was showing off her silly personality during her first time outdoors in the public area at the Oregon Zoo in ...
How one divisive herb became an essential part of Thai cooking
Blue Elephant’s tom yum goong soup is flavoured with coriander root and garnished with the leaves. It’s the middle of dinner ...
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Our car tires are poisoning salmon—and maybe us, too
Scientists have learned that particles from car tires are a leading culprit in salmon declines in the Pacific Northwest—and are in our bodies as well. Rubber tires are stacked before getting ...
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Scientists peeked underneath an iceberg and found a startling kaleidoscope of marine life
The expedition team hopes that the huge volume of oceanic and environmental data taken during from the site will provide some concrete answers—as well as revealing if any of these animals they ...