Penguins

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Penguins are flightless birds found in the Southern Hemisphere. They all have black or gray feathers on their backs and white bellies. Their wings have fused bones and resemble flippers.

  • Antarctic Penguins  - Photographs, including photographic sequences, of Emperor and Adelie penguins, plus facts and information on their behaviour. Also provides a Penguin FAQ, 3D pictures, and penguin drawings.
  • Falklands Conservation: Penguins  - Shows the five species who nest on the Falkland Islands each summer, the history of penguin egg collection on the island, penguin status, and threats.
  • The Great Penguin Count on Gabo Island  - Relates the experiences of Lynn Salmon when she was involved in a penguin count on Gabo Island just off the coast of Australia.
  • International Penguin Conservation Work Group  - Penguin information including species, by region, penguins in peril, and an adopt a penguin scheme.
  • Monterey Bay Aquarium: Splash Zone Penguin Cam  - Webcam featuring the penguin enclosure, with live operating times, and feeding times.
  • Montreal Biodôme Webcam  - Shows a live web cam of penguins at the Montréal Biodôme in the former Olympic Velodrome.
  • National Geographic: Penguins  - Photo gallery showing captioned photographs of various species of penguin. Includes wall paper downloads.
  • New Zealand Penguins  - Penguin species in New Zealand, and their conservation and status, research, news, a collection of international webcams, and penguin games.
  • Penguin World  - Resource provided by Dr Lloyd Spencer Davis, author and authority on penguins. With information on the species, news, articles, questions, and a shop for his books.
  • Penguinpage  - Written accounts based on fieldwork logbooks and the dairies of researchers involved in penguin research projects.
  • Penguins Eastern Cape  - South African centre for the rescue and rehabilitation of penguins. With penguin diaries, gallery, news, and links.
  • Pete & Barb's Penguin Pages  - Comprehensive resources with factual and fun pages, photographs, a collection of misconceptions, and ideas for teachers.
  • Pinguins info  - Disproves a few myths about penguins, and provides pages on many aspects of penguin behaviour and conservation. Includes a gallery, news, and links.
  • SeaWorld: Penguins  - Information on scientific classification, distribution, characteristics, behaviour and reproduction.
  • Simon's Town: The African Penguin  - Description of the African penguin, their behaviour, range and habitat, and the history of the Boulders colony which started with two penguins in 1983 and is now so large that it causes problems for residents.
  • Telegraph: Gay penguins steal eggs  - Newspaper story about two gay penguins attempting to become fathers by stealing the eggs of other penguins.
  • World Wildlife Fund: Penguins  - General information on penguins plus species news.
  • Yellow-Eyed Penguin Trust  - Trust with the aim of saving New Zealand's unique Yellow-eyed penguin by restoring coastal forest and controlling predators. Background, information on the species, resources, archives and news.
 
 
 
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