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Penguins okay with human visitors?for now

...d in response to stress (plasma corticosterone) of penguins when encountering humans. "Head turns of penguins visited for 10 days were significantly lower than those of penguins visited for 5 days and were not ...

Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say

...eathery tuxedoes and charming Chilly Willy-waddle, penguins are the quintessence of cute. Small wonder they'r... ultra-cute creatures. Dozens of teeter-tottering penguins are the subjects of a research project investigating balance and locomotion. "Compared to other...

El Nino events affect whale breeding

...hese whales. It is known that these changes affect penguins and seals in the Antarctic, but this is the first time the link has been made with whales as they return to their calving grounds in the South Atlantic. Keith Reid from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) said, "These results help us to understand proces...

Creating a window on 'oceans in motion'

...ing ?from salmon to whales and from polar bears to penguins ?and priority areas for ocean floor acoustic monitoring arrays. "These are key questions: which species do we want to track and exactly where do we wire up the world to create an effective global system of watching the oceans in motion," says Dr. O'...

Huddling and a drop in metabolism allow penguins to survive the South Pole cold

...Oscar® winning documentary, showed how the emperor penguins endure their incubation and fast for four dark and...ch year. The tight huddling among these South Pole penguins is a key energy-saving mechanism that allows them to endure their extremely harsh conditions. A te...

Human preference for other species could determine whether they survive

...rised by the relative lack of popularity of Adelie penguins because that species is probably the most familiar...phs from consideration when factors other than the penguins themselves ?the surrounding landscape, for example, or accompanying humans ?could have played a role...

Antarctic warming to reduce animals at base of ecosystem, shift some penguin populations southward

...ng its margins," Lyons said. "Gentoo and chinstrap penguins are shifting south into areas now populated by adelie penguins, and the adelies are being forced further south, all because of the change in sea ice." A decrease in sea ice along the coast shows a drop in krill in the marine environment. As a maj...

UTSA researchers examine effects of global warming on Antarctic

...r ongoing projects included observations of seals, penguins and seabirds; biological activity in the sea water; and temperature and salinity measurements into the ocean depths. Now with one trip to the Antarctic under their belt, Xie and Cicek are enlisting the help of world-renowned sea ice expert Steph...

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