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World Penguin Day: charismatic species of Santa Cruz

This Friday, at the Secretary of State of Tourism, an open, educational and participatory proposal will take place to celebrate World Penguin Day, a charismatic species. This Friday, April 25, World Penguin Day is celebrated and the Province is preparing...

South Africa prohibits fishing in African penguin breeding areas for 10 years.

A South African judicial order has imposed a commercial fishing ban in key breeding colonies of African penguins, a critically endangered species. The measure, celebrated by bird conservation groups, aims to ensure food availability and reduce threats that have led...

Conservation actions in South Africa for the Cape penguins, a species at risk of extinction

A court in **South Africa** has decreed the ban on commercial fishing in six key breeding colonies of the **African penguins**, also known as Cape penguins, for at least a decade. This measure aims to protect this emblematic species,...

Scientists confirm that the avian flu virus is already present in penguins in Antarctica.

Spanish scientists confirm their worst fears: the avian flu virus is already circulating among the penguins in Antarctica. The expedition led by the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), headed by Spanish researcher Antonio Alcamí, has confirmed that the avian flu...

Alfred Date, the 110-year-old man who knitted vests to protect penguins

Alfred Date was a person who couldn't say no to favors, especially if they were for a good cause. This is how he ended up knitting sweaters to save the world's smallest blue penguins species. At 110 years old, Alfred...

Chile is home to 80% of the global population of Humboldt Penguins.

On January 20th, the World Penguin Day was celebrated, and in **Chile**, they have several of these magnificent specimens inhabiting their territory. The most prominent ones are the (https://noticiasambientales.com/animales/el-papel-fundamental-de-los-pinguinos-de-magallanes-en-el-equilibrio-ecologico-de-chubut/) and the Humboldt penguin. The latter is found from the coasts...

Metal contamination detected in Humboldt penguins in Chile

A team of researchers from the University of Concepción (UdeC), in collaboration with specialists from Harvard University and Purdue University, conducted an innovative study on metal pollution in Humboldt penguins. The study detected the presence of metals and metalloids in...

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Criminal violence in Mexico leads to new Noah’s Ark: at least 700 animals to be relocated

Cruelty and animal abuse know no borders. The Ostok Sanctuary in Culiacán, northwest Mexico, was forced to move around...