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Penguin news from 2009
January - March 2009
April - June 2009
July - September 2009
October - December 2009
Penguin news from 2008
January - March 2008
Stewart Island penguins fighting to survive (New Zealand - 11 January)
King penguins are threathened (Antarctica - 12 February)
Penguins facing a rocky road to survive (New Zealand - 3 March)
King penguins no longer in Wilhelma zoo Stuttgart (Germany - 7 March)
Sandy has found a new love. (Germany - 8 March)
Penguin droppings help identify pesticide hot spots (Antarctica - 11 March)
April - June 2008
Flying penguins on BBC documentary (UK - 2 April)
'Sex pest' seal attacks penguin (Antarctica - 5 May)
Sphenisco (Germany - 7 June)
Dozens of dead, oil-covered penguins appear on Uruguayan beaches (South America - 9 June)
How a wire on a bird keeps watch on food chain (Australia - 21 June)
Passports for penguins (South Africa - 27 June)
Penguins setting off sirens over health of world's oceans (USA - 30 June)
July - September 2008
Presence of Plasmodium detected in Galapagos penguins (3 July)
The baby Antarctic penguins being frozen to death by freak rain storms (13 July)
Rehabilitated penguins are released following oil spill in Uruguay (17 July)
Penguins wash ashore in Brazil, prompting concerns about their habitat (23 July)
Losing count (Antarctica - 1 August)
King penguin receives Norwegian knighthood (UK - 15 August)
Penguins dumping arsenic in Antarctica (Antarctica - 21 August)
Oil covered penguins washed up on Brazilian beaches (Brazil - 28 August)
Penguins marching toward Endangered Species Act Protection (USA - 9 September)
Magellanic penguins begin their arrival to Argentine coasts (Argentina - 21 September)
Future of yellow-eyed penguins remains uncertain (New Zealand - 30 September)
October - December 2008
What drives evolution? (Antarctica - 7 October)
Antarctic penguins under pressure (Antarctica - 9 October)
'Food scarcity' plunges penguin tally (South Africa - 22 October)
Secret to penguin locomotion revealed (USA - 13 November)
Penguin bones reveal long-lost species (New Zealand - 19 November)
Conserving Patagonia's marine riches (South America - 3 December)
Tragedy at Aachener zoo after 13 penguins playing in the snow are killed by a fox (Germany - 3 December)
Proposal to add five penguin species to endangered species list (USA - 17 December)
Conservationists try to prevent African penguin extinction (South Africa - 29 December)
A happy new year for penguins (Argentina - 30 December)
Penguin news from 2007
January - March 2007
Anchovy fishing threatens Patagonia penguins (5 January)
"Gekke pinguïndans" by KetNetBand (Belgium- January)
Munroe the 'Groucho Marx' Penguin has Happy Feet (11 January)
Bird on 'endangered' list (New Zealand - 17 January)
Mumbles swims 1300km for a holiday (New Zealand - 20 January)
10 healthy yellow-eyed penguin chicks found in New Zealand (24 January)
Huddling and a drop in metabolism allow penguins to survive the South Pole cold (Antarctica - 31 January)
Penguin tour in Germany (Germany - January/February)
International Polar Year starts on March 1th, 2007 (25 February)
'Happy Feet' wins Oscar for animated feature (26 February)
African penguin population drops 40 percent - cause unknown (2 March)
'Happy Feet' out on DVD (22 March)
April - June 2007
Penguins on treadmills help reveal over-fishing (3 April)
Oil leaves its mark on penguins (South Africa - 5 April)
Drastic drop in Algoa Bay's penguin population (26 April)
Confused penguin strays 5000km (11 May)
'Surf's up' : a new film with surfing penguins (20 May)
Sea lion acquires taste for rare delight (5 June)
Pulp mill penguin fears (10 June)
March of the Giant Penguins (25 June)
July - September 2007
Penguins' struggle is a warning to world (1 July)
Oil kills penguins (Uruguay - 5 July)
Ancient eggshell fragments show diet of penguins changed (10 July)
Ten penguin species under protection (13 July)
UNCW Professor using penguin remains to measure Antarctic ice movement (19 July)
Satellite tracking will help answer questions about penguin travels (6 August)
Yellow-eyed penguins 'stressed out' by tourists (NZ - 6 August)
Fiordland crested penguins return to Milford Sound (NZ - 10 August)
What can dying penguins tell us about the future of the planet? (20 August)
Penguin conference (10 September)
Magellanes rockhopper population reaches 316 thousand (Chile - 27 September)
October - December 2007
New public yellow-eyed penguin reserve in Otago (New Zealand - 27 November)
Penguins safely lower oxygen to 'blackout' levels (Antarctica - 7 December)
Penguins in peril as climate warms (Indonesia - 11 December)
Penguin news from 2006
January - March 2006
Penguins waddle but they don't fall down, UH researchers say (12 January)
Chronic oil pollution takes toll on seabirds along South American coast (31 January)
Emperor penguins win the best documentary Oscar (7 March)
Penguin sets new dive record (27 March)
Penguins quick to snap up 'houses' on island (28 March)
Pinguinale 2006 (Germany - 30 March)
April - June 2006
Penguins breeding later due to warming, study says (4 April)
Waimanu - 60-million year old penguins from New Zealand (6 April)
Kidnapping penguins may be high on hormone, study says (18 April)
What's happening to the little blue penguins? (29 April)
Chinstrap penguins in Loroparque Teneriffa (1 May)
'Burrowscope' aids fight to save penguins (3 May)
Oil-slicked penguins wash ashore dead in Argentina (12 May)
New species of penguin found in Indian Ocean island (27 May)
Kikuya control benefits penguins (2 June)
Penguins caught in oil spill saved by "Commando" veterinarians (16 June)
July - September 2006
Penguins sign up as ocean spies (13 July)
Clean penguins return to sea after spill (Argentina - 1 August)
If you're short and waddle these homes are for you (New Zealand - 2 August)
Movie star, penguins invade West Edmonton Mall (4 August)
Banding Of penguins in Antarctic can cause increase in mortality rates, says Oregon Researcher (10 August)
Pinguinale 2006 (Germany - 19/20 August)
Oiled penguins flown to Cape Town (South Africa - 5 September)
Destitute penguins get fiberglass igloos (South Africa - 19 September)
Number of endangered Humboldt penguins has doubled (Peru - 21 September)
October - December 2006
Pinguinale 2006 (Germany - 15 October)
Penguin tour in Germany (18 October)
Baby penguins given second chance by SANCCOB (South Africa - 20 October)
New exhibition of the project Among Penguins (Swiss - 20 October)
Rabbits blamed for penguin deaths in landslide (21 October)
Penguins act as sheepdogs of the sea (26 October)
In my blue splayed shoes. (10 November)
Global warming could wipe out most birds (14 November)
'Happy feet', a new film release of Warner Bros (November)
Scottish exchange with penguins/New penguin species in Antwerp zoo (23 November)
Scientists puzzled by extreme penguin dives (1 December)
FACTBOX - The El Nino Weather Phenomenon and El Nino Stretching to Early 2007 (4 December)
Public asked to help track penguin vandals (7 December)
Mystery illness kills all but one yellow-eyed chick (13 December)
Penguins offer evidence of Global Warming (16 December)
Unhappy feat: biologists baffled as millions of penguins vanish (23 December)
Penguin news from 2005
January - March 2005
Penguins starve to death. (New Zealand - 26 January)
Phillip Island penguins under treat (Australia - 31 January)
'La Marche de l'Empereur' (January)
Rare penguin visitor takes a detour (2 February)
A lot of commotion about gay penguins in German zoo (16 February)
Avian Cholera to blame for South Georgia penguin deaths. (22 February)
Penguin exhibit enlargement planned at Schwerin (Germany - 24 February)
Best year ever for Falklands penguins! (28 February)
April - June 2005
Penguins saved from giant iceberg (Antarctica - 5 April)
Emperor penguins premier at Yilan Green Film Fest (6 April)
Pinguinale2006 in Wuppertal (Germany - May)
March of the penguins (May 2005)
Musical 'Napoleon, keizer van Antarctica' (Belgium - 7 June)
July - September 2005
A little penguin is released back into the wild. (8 September)
October - December 2005
Penguin pooh study tops Ig-Nobel prize (8 October)
Penguin evolution linked to shifting icebergs (8 November)
Penguins marching slowly toward recovery in Argentina, experts say (2 December)
Penguin news from 2004
January - March 2004
Former hunters, they focus now on conserving species (1 January)
Theatre: 'Lodewijk, de koningspenguin' (Belgium - Dec 2003/Jan 2004)
Penguins captured from wild for zoos (January)
The frozen continent: Hot and cold penguins (7 January)
Difficult commute disrupts penguins domestic duties (11 January)
Heard Island's wildlife online. (12 January)
Cause of penguin deaths proven (Falklands - 16 January)
Scientific expedition takes grants pass resident to island in Southern Chile (21 January)
Rockhoppers in Zoo Berlijn (GE) become new friends (24 January)
'Penguin Ranch' reveals hunting, swimming secrets (30 January)
Elusive lynx kills 40 penguins at Betty's Bay (6 February)
Penguins' popularity with viewers needs a few simple rules (7 February)
Belgium plans new Antarctic Station (7 February)
Antarctica exhibition in Haarlem (Netherlands - February 2004)
Penguin bones from "Land of Fire" rewrite bird's evolution (11 February)
Urgent Steps required to halt Falkland seabird declines (12 February)
Next exhibition of the project Among Penguins (18 February)
Albino gentoo penguin sighted in the Falklands (23 February)
King penguin adopt gentoo chicks in the Falklands (23 February)
Record births in Münster Zoo (Germany - 24 February)
Ravensburg Puzzels has a new puzzle with penguins (Germany - Februari)
'Ice Fred: Sale temps pour les pingouins' (Belgium - Februari)
Penguins on carnival parades in the Netherlands (2 March)
Ecotourism takes toll on wildlife (5 March)
Thousands of penguins die (Australia - 6 March)
Humboldt penguins in Dresden Zoo back outside. (Germany - 20 March)
Penguin-cams snap amazing pictures. (24 March)
April - June 2004
Elusive penguin found at last (5 April)
Fleeing the nest in search of that elusive waterfront property (7 April)
We can't p-p-pick out our keepers (UK - 7 April)
Patagonia's coastal wildlife receive protective boost by Argentine government (South America - 8 April)
Penguins in a circus in Switserland. (Swiss - 15 April)
Penguins' sex life perks up with visits? (Antarctica - 16 April)
St Croix penguins affected by oil slick. (19 April)
Thaw could spell doom for wildlife boom. (Antarctica - 8 May)
Penguins ingest mollusk shells to obtain calcium for thicker eggshells. (10 May)
Yellow-eyed penguins have poor breeding year on Stewart Island. (New Zealand - 18 May)
Rare penguin stolen from sanctuary (19 May)
Wing tags hinder penguins' breeding (Antarctica - 19 May)
New exhibit for penguins in Schönbrunn, Vienna (Austria - 27 May)
New exhibit for penguins in Naturzoo Rheine (Germany - 1 June)
A penguin's paradise. (Australia - 14 June)
Vanishing penguin chicks raise conservationists' fears. (17 June)
Penguins may be free of killer banding. (18 June)
July - September 2004
Zoo's rare albino penguin is dead (UK - 19 August)
October - December 2004
Wandering dogs kill penguins on Stewart Island (New Zealand - 15 October)
Fairy blue penguins in zoo at Cologne (Germany - 20 October)
New exhibition of the project Among Penguins (Swiss - 28 October)
Penguin safety to be examined (Australia - 31 October)
Researcher fears for penguins (Australia - 1 en 4 November)
Study: Antarctic wildlife facing food shortages (3 November)
New exhibit for african penguins (Germany - 27 November)
Littlest penguin takes deepest dive (Australia - 29 November)
Icebergs keep blocking the way to open sea. (Antarctica - 14 December)
Race to determine penguin disease as more die (New Zealand - November/December)
Penguin news from 2003
January - March 2003
King penguins in Berlin zoo move temporary to container. (Germany - 14 January)
Marineland park employee holds young rockhopper penguins in Antibes (16 January)
Californian penguins swim in mock migration to nowhere (USA - 21 January)
Penguins threaten oldest building in Antarctica (4 February)
Humboldt penguin reserve in danger (14 February)
Fresh secret of penguin dads revealed (22 February)
April - June 2003
Bugs come to aid of penguins (UK - 7 May)
Penguins for carnival parade in Roermond 2004. (Netherlands - 3 June)
Fox murders in penguin colony (Netherlands - 15 June)
Papa Pinguin died (Belgium - 26 June)
July - September 2003
Penguins get ice lollies (UK - 7 August)
Moody Gardens penguins breed to Barry White (12 August)
Penguins in Italy (August)
Is rise in tourism helping Antarctica or hurting it? (22 August)
Weather and penguins delay Gere film (22 August)
Belgian artist Mark Dedrie makes penguin sculptures. (Belgium - 23 August)
Penguins in Magdeburger Zoo move in renewed exhibit (Germany - 28 August)
Inauguration of the memorial to Bruno Penguin Zehnder (Switzerland - 30 August)
Next performance of the project Among Penguins (August)
Penguin loo paper a hit in Oamaru, New Zealand (19 September)
October - December 2003
Nature haven of Dassen Island to open to tourists ( South Africa - 2 October)
What B15 split means for Crozier's emperor penguins (Antarctica - 2 November)
Penguin barometer (10 November)
Iceberg collapse saves penguin colonies (Antarctica - 21 November)
From the Antarctic: Bird's-eye view under ice (21 November)
Antarctic witnesses total eclipse (24 November)
Penguin dressed as Santa Claus (Japan - 26 November)
King penguins move to renewed exhibit in Münchener Zoo Hellabrunn (Germany - 27 November)
'De kleine Rotterdamse Penguin Encyclopedie' is out (Netherlands - 27 November)
Penguin news from 2002
January - March 2002
Giant icebergs threaten Antarctic penguin colonies (Antarctica - 4 January)
Lost or on world tour? (South Africa - 12 January)
Rambling giant icebergs endanger penguin chicks (Antarctica - 14 January)
Ice buildup hampers penguin breeding in Antarctica (17 January)
World's oldest captive penguin died (Japan - 13 February)
Ancient penguins yield evolution clue (Antarctica - 21 March)
April - June 2002
Patter of tiny flippers at London Zoo (UK - 2 April)
South pole penguins debut in Beijing (China - 5 April)
Penguins trial plastic tag (UK - 30 April)
NoorderDierenPark is working on a new home for the humboldt penguins. (Netherlands - May)
WWF salutes the male Emperor Penguin as one of "Nature's Best Dads." (11 June)
Will dying penguins sink the Falklands? (19 June)
July - September 2002
Berlin Zoo opened new enclosure for king penguins (Germany - 2 July)
Playa Pinguinos opens his doors. (Netherlands - 12 July)
Over-fishing "behind penguin deaths" (Falklands - 26 July)
Penguin on the loose (USA - 13 August)
West Nile virus kills penguin at N.Y. Zoo (USA - 16 August)
Penguins covered by oil are fed at S.O.S Rescue Marine Environment (Uruguay - 19 August)
Sighting of penguins allays fears (Antarctica - 28 August)
Rescued penguins in surf at Punta Del Este (Uruguay - 14 September)
October - December 2002
New German book 'Pinguine- Specialisten fürs Kalte' is out! (7 October)
Exhibition about Antarctica and penguins!! (Swiss - 13 October)
Iceberg blockade threatens penguin colony (Antarctica - 8 November)
Thousands of dead penguins washed ashore in Brazil (8 November)
The film "City Slickers" is nominated for an international Emmy Award (South Africa - 14 November)
Pint-sized penguin plumbs new depths. (Australia - 5 December)
Push to protect penguin colony (Australië - 6 December)
Unexplained penguin deaths: bodies litter west beaches (Falklands - 6 December)
Albino penguin "one-in-a-million" in Bristol Zoo. (UK - 13 December)
Penguin plague strikes Falklands (15 December)
Ice-breaker may save penguins from starvation (Antarctica - 30 December)
Penguin news from 2001 and older
January - June 2001
Diary of a research project on little penguins (New Zealand - January 2001)
Fire on South Jason Island (Falklands - 19 January 2001)
Oil spill with tanker 'Jessica' (Galapagos - 22 January 2001)
Penguin jumpers (Tasmania - May 2001)
'Heatwave' stresses penguins (10 May 2001)
Sydney steps up penguin patrols (Australia - 6 June 2001)
July - December 2001
Penguin picks up military honour (Scotland - 17 August 2001)
New Zealand Post brings out new beautiful penguin stamps (New Zealand - 7 November 2001)
Emperor Zehnder (8 November 2001)
Scientists investigate penguin deaths (Antarctica - 28 November 2001)
New hope for endangered African penguins (South Africa - 30 November 2001)
Magellanic penguin report of Prof. Boersma (South America - November/December 2001)
Patagonia penguins make a comeback (Argentina - 26 December 2001)
2000
P-p-p-pick out a penguin (recognizing voices) (Antarctica - 7 June 2000)
Oil spill with the 'Treasure' (South Africa - June 2000)
Penguins do not topple over. (Antarctica - 2 November 2000)
Penguin world depends on perfect timing (7 December 2000)
Waddling is not wasteful (USA - 20 December 2000)
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