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In lockdown’s calm, glossy ibis finds prime nesting conditions in Sri Lanka

Malaka Rodrigo 8 Jun 2020

Decade after BP Deepwater Horizon spill, oil drilling is as dangerous as ever

Liz Kimbrough 20 Apr 2020

Bid to get ‘aquatic wild meat’ off the menu and under protection

Edward Carver 28 Feb 2020

Tool use in puffins may point to ‘underestimated’ intelligence in seabirds

Mongabay.com 8 Jan 2020

Vanishing sea ice in the Arctic could shake up seabird migrations

John Cannon 11 Dec 2019

Emperor penguins could disappear by 2100 if nations don’t cap emissions

Mongabay.com 8 Nov 2019

Penguin and seal poop powers life in Antarctica, study finds

Mongabay.com 14 May 2019

Large emperor penguin colony suffers ‘catastrophic’ breeding failure

Mongabay.com 26 Apr 2019

Bird flu in Namibia’s penguins wanes, after killing nearly 500

John Cannon 24 Apr 2019

AI and public data identify fishing behavior to protect hungry seabirds

Marianne Messina 22 Feb 2019

Bans on the bird trade in South America yield mixed results

Mongabay.com 24 Jan 2019

Why are more female than male Magellanic penguins stranded in South America every year?

Mongabay.com 17 Jan 2019

Argentina creates two new marine parks to protect penguins, sea lions

Mongabay.com 14 Dec 2018

Feed a fishery, starve a seabird

Mongabay.com 12 Dec 2018

‘Drifters of opportunity’: Seabirds track energy in tidal currents

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2018

Photos: Here are the winners of the 2018 British Ecological Society photo contest

Mongabay.com 3 Dec 2018

New Zealand penguins make ‘crazy’ 7,000-km round trip for food

Mongabay.com 3 Sep 2018

Largest king penguin colony in the world has shrunk by 90%

Mongabay.com 6 Aug 2018

Plant communities roar back after rat removal from Pacific islands

Mongabay.com 19 Jul 2018

Coral reefs thrive next to rat-free islands, new study finds

John Cannon 11 Jul 2018

Let there be light — but be mindful of the wildlife

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 26 Jun 2018

Warmer sea surface temperatures imperil the survival of juvenile albatross: Study

Mongabay.com 21 Jun 2018

Seabird secrets revealed by bioacoustics in New Zealand

Mike Gaworecki 1 May 2018
While penguins cannot fly through the air, they are very adept at using their wings to propel themselves through the water like this macaroni penguin. Credit: Julie Larsen Maher ©WCS

How to help penguins (photos)

David Oehler, Megan Maher, Julie Larsen Maher 9 Apr 2018

How effective is environmental restoration?

Mike Gaworecki 6 Mar 2018
Earlier reports based on satellite data suggested that the Danger Islands could be home to several penguin "supercolonies." However, heavy pack ice is common around the Danger Islands, even in austral summer, making difficult to access this area to conduct a comprehensive survey. Credit: Rachael Herman, Louisiana State University, © Stony Brook University

Penguin mega-colony discovered using satellites and drones, raising scientists’ hopes

Mongabay.com 3 Mar 2018

Drones enable fast, accurate wildlife counts, study shows

Sue Palminteri (1965-2019) 14 Feb 2018

Canary in the Arctic coal mine: warming harms migrating red knot

Gloria Dickie 8 Aug 2017

Elusive seabird breeding grounds discovered in Chilean desert

Kim Smuga-Otto 16 Jun 2017

Ecological trap ensnares endangered African penguins

John Cannon 10 Feb 2017

Seabird numbers down 70 percent since 1950

Chaney Giordano 22 Sep 2015

Russia bans driftnet fishing, a reprieve for seabirds and marine mammals

Rebecca Kessler 10 Jul 2015

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