Not Just 18 Species: Why Modern Science Just Expanded the Penguin Family Tree

The formally feathered, flightless aquatic birds known as penguins dominate the frigid waters surrounding the subantarctic ...
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The Penguins That Thrive—and the Ones Left Behind—as Antarctica Warms

A new decade-long study tracked 37 penguin colonies and found that the birds are breeding earlier. The shift marks one way ...

Key West Grab Bag: Fish the Winter Pilchard Bite

Inshore and offshore, a range of species chew when pilchards are thick off Key West. Live chum generously to fire up the action. The post Key West Grab Bag: Fish the Winter Pilchard Bite appeared ...

Are swans more likely to die from bird flu?

Now suspected cases among swans are reported to be on the rise, most recently across Berkshire, where about 30 swans died on the River Kennet in Newbury, along with about 12 on the River Thames in ...
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What’s behind the sudden rise in shark attacks near Sydney?

News outlets around the world are reporting on a series of shark attacks along Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) coastline.

The fishing practice of scrapping ocean bottom continues despite protection promises

Scotland has designated 37% of its waters as Marine Protected Areas, but destructive fishing methods like bottom trawling continue in most of these zones ...