Search Results for: Penguins

Life

Birds that dive may be at greater risk of extinction

For birds, a diving lifestyle seems irreversible, evolutionarily speaking. The inflexibility possibly increases diving birds’ chances of going extinct.

Climate

Ancient penguin bones reveal unprecedented shrinkage in key Antarctic glaciers

Thwaites and Pine Island glaciers are losing ice faster than any other time in the last 5,500 years. That history is written in bones and shells.

Climate

Greta Thunberg’s new book urges the world to take climate action now

Greta Thunberg's ‘The Climate Book’ covers the basic science of climate change, the history of denialism and inaction, environmental justice and solutions.

Animals

Drumming woodpeckers use similar brain regions as songbirds

Woodpeckers drum on trees and other objects using brain regions similar to those that songbirds use to sing, suggesting a common evolutionary origin for the complex behaviors.

Science & Society

Here are 7 new science museums and exhibitions to visit in 2023

The Grand Egyptian Museum is slated to open, as well as new exhibitions dedicated to space travel, the Galápagos Islands and more.

Humans

Ancient human visitors complicate the Falkland Islands wolf’s origin story

Scientists have debated how the Falkland Islands’ only land mammal journeyed to the region: by a long-ago land bridge or with people.

Animals

Some birds learn to recognize calls while still in their eggs

For over a decade, behavioral ecologist Diane Colombelli-Négrel and colleagues have been studying how birds perceive sounds before hatching.

Animals

Why do sea turtles, penguins and sharks sometimes just swim in circles or spirals?

Tracking devices recorded the loops and spirals of 10 marine species. In some cases, scientists have good guesses for why; other times it’s baffling.

Animals

Penguin poop spotted from space ups the tally of emperor penguin colonies

High-res satellite images reveal eight new breeding sites for the world’s largest penguins on Antarctica, including the first reported ones offshore.

Math

An elusive equation describing bird eggs of all shapes has been found at last

A new mathematical equation describes bird eggs of all shapes found in nature, and it could have applications in food and agricultural research.

Climate

‘Ice Rivers’ invites you to get to know our world’s melting glaciers

In her new book, Jemma Wadham brings readers along on her scientific expeditions to the world’s iciest places.