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Ukrainian polar explorers shot a unique video with Antarctic penguins and their chicks. This was reported by the National Antarctic Science Center. Antarctic penguins, also known as chinstrap penguins or bearded penguins because of the black stripe on their white chin, are considered the most abundant species in the Antarctic – there are about 7.5 […]
Scientists suspect that at least one king penguin has died from the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu in the Antarctic, The Guardian reports. If the scientists confirm this information, it means that the disease can spread and affect entire penguin colonies, as the birds are now gathering together for the breeding season. King penguins […]
Researchers from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have conducted aerial photography of the uninhabited volcanic island of the Zavadov Archipelago in the South Sandwich Islands in the South Atlantic Ocean. The goal was to study the largest penguin colony, numbering more than a million individuals. A group of six scientists arrived on the remote 25-square-kilometer […]
More than 750 sub-Antarctic penguin chicks have already hatched from eggs on Galindez Island. However, there will be more new small birds in mid-January. There is a feathered addition near the Akademik Vernadskyi station, and a real “baby boom” is expected soon. The photo of the little penguins was published on the Facebook page of […]