Tag: emperor penguins

February 15, 2022

Counting seals from space

Volunteer scientists have helped researchers obtain a baseline count of Weddell seals in Antarctica using satellite images. The number of seals they counted is just a fraction of previous estimates,...

October 18, 2019

Watch: Study calls for more protections for emperor penguins

In a recent study published in Biological Conservation, researchers from around the world called for additional protections to conserve the emperor penguin (Aptenodyptes forsteri). Reviewing over 150 studies on the...

October 30, 2017

8-year-old’s penguin project makes splash at TWS Conference

Like many 8-year-olds, Mikail Bakhtiyarov likes swimming, playing basketball and reading. Unlike most kids his age, however, he has a reference library containing hundreds of wildlife books on everything from...