'In good times, they largely stick with their partners, although there’s often a bit of hanky-panky happening on the side.' By Laura Baisas Posted on Jan 17, 2025 Relationships can be fickle.
Phillip Island is home to the 37,000 little penguins, the world's largest colony of the species, and the internationally renowned Penguin Parade attracts thousands of visitors each year to watch ...
The little penguin colony has dropped by 94 per cent since 2007, leaving an estimated 114 on the island. Environmental activists want the island to close to allow the population to recuperate.
influenced reproductive success over 13 breeding seasons on Phillip Island in Australia, which is home to 37,000 little penguins — the world's largest colony. Divorce (or lack thereof ...
Pico, whose name means “beak” in Spanish, honors the penguin’s South American roots, while Douglas is named after a settlement on East Falkland Island ... in the colony, the Shedd Aquarium ...
Divorce rates appear to be a more reliable predictor of the reproductive success of the colony than environmental factors ...
Feathers are being ruffled on Phillip Island, as an unusual new threat of divorce rates looms for an already declining penguin population. New research has found penguins, known for having one ...
Residents south of Perth have called on the state government to ban visitors to a popular island to protect a species whose numbers have dwindled by 97 per cent. Only 114 little penguins remain on ...
The trillion-ton slab of ice named A23a could slam into South Georgia Island and get stuck or be guided around it by currents.
The world's biggest iceberg -- three time the size of New York City -- could drift towards a remote island where a scientist warns it risks disrupting feeding for baby penguins and seals.