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  • October 2008

    • Forget Snakes: Penguins Get Their Plane Ride

      Slate  |  Oct 7, 08 5:25 PM CDT

      Forget Snakes: Penguins Get Their Plane Ride

      (Newser) - The wayward penguins marooned on Brazil's beaches got a one-way ticket home over the weekend, but ferrying hundreds of birds 2,000 miles is no simple feat, explains Nina Shen Rastogi in Slate. After being fed and tagged, 399 Magellanic penguins were crated and loaded aboard an Air Force plane for a journey to southern Atlantic waters, with military personnel, veterinarians, and biologists in tow. More »

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      climate change  • Brazil  • beach  • migration  • penguin  • airlift

    • Baffled Brazilians Rescue Wayward Penguins

      Washington Post  |  Oct 3, 08 11:15 AM CDT

      Baffled Brazilians Rescue Wayward Penguins

      (Newser) - Every year a few Magellanic penguins, native to southern Argentina, accidentally make the 2,000-mile trip to the beaches of Brazil. But this year the influx is looking less like a wayward few and more like an invasion, with sunny beaches overrun by more than 1,000 exhausted and starved birds. Many Brazilians have leapt to their rescue, reports the Washington Post. More »

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      climate change  • Brazil  • beach  • migration  • penguin

  • August 2008

    • Norway Knights King Penguin

      Associated Press  |  Aug 15, 08 4:09 PM CDT

      Norway Knights King Penguin

      (Newser) - Nils Olav, an honorary colonel-in-chief of the Norwegian King’s Guard—and a 3-foot-tall king penguin—was knighted today by Norway's King Harald V, the AP reports. Nils, named after former Norwegian King Olav V, caught the attention of the guards while they were touring the Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland years ago. He became their mascot and has accrued various titles since. Now he's an official "Sir." More »

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      Norway  • penguin  • knighthood

  • July 2008

    • 8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is in Trouble

      LiveScience  |  Jul 21, 08 3:20 PM CDT

      8 Signs the Animal Kingdom Is in Trouble

      (Newser) - Biologists have mounting evidence that human activity is causing real damage to the natural world. LiveScience lists overlooked indications that things are seriously out of whack. Earlier migration: Several bird species are getting their timing wrong. Jellyfish rule: The creatures are hitching rides on ships. More »

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      global warming  • pollution  • migration  • animals  • scientist  • penguin  • reptiles  • jellyfish

    • Hundreds of Penguins Found Dead in Rio

      Associated Press  |  Jul 19, 08 2:37 PM CDT

      Hundreds of Penguins Found Dead in Rio

      (Newser) - More than 400 penguins, most of them only babies, have been found dead on the tropical beaches of Rio de Janeiro over the past 2 months—an unusual and as-yet unexplained phenomenon, the AP reports. While Brazil’s beaches are no stranger to the occasional penguin—dead or otherwise—the sudden flood is stumping experts. More »

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      global warming  • Brazil  • penguin

  • April 2008

    • Penguin Takes the Plunge in a Wetsuit

      Associated Press  |  Apr 25, 08 7:10 AM CDT

      Penguin Takes the Plunge in a Wetsuit

      (Newser) - A wetsuit for a penguin might  sound as useful as a fur coat for a bear, but it was just the thing for an elderly penguin at San Francisco's Academy of Sciences who was losing his feathers, reports AP.  A suit designed by dive experts made it possible for Pierre, 25, to stop shivering and return to the chilly water. His penguin pals accepted his new look, and his feathers are sprouting again. More »

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      animal  • penguin  • biologists  • diving

  • October 2007

    • SEALs to Get Swimming Gizmo

      Popular Mechanics  |  Oct 8, 07 6:08 PM CDT

      SEALs to Get Swimming Gizmo

      (Newser) - Navy SEALs will be swimming to their targets up to 150% faster when they get a new Pentagon gizmo called a PowerSwim. It looks like a mini-glider that attaches to a diver's legs, Popular Mechanics reports. SEALs reportedly take about 2 hours to master it; they have to learn a unique undulating motion that relieves smaller muscles normally used to swim. More »

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      Pentagon  • penguin  • dolphin  • DARPA  • Navy SEALs

  • June 2007

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