Penguins are the most threatened group of seabirds after albatrosses. Although penguins
are regularly captured in fishing gear, the threat to penguins as a group has not yet been …

Penguins are excellent “model” organisms allowing us to study the behaviour of marine
homeotherms at sea. Penguins regularly return to their breeding colonies, enabling …

Between 1991 and the present, we have had observers stationed at the port of San Juan in
southern Peru to interview fishers as they landed their catch. They observed the landings of …

This book looks at the penguins-an enduringly popular and fascinating group of birds.
Penguins are associated in the public consciousness with the icecap of the south pole, and …

In marine ecosystems, characterisation of the foraging areas and habitats of predators is a
key factor in interpreting their ecological role. We studied the foraging areas of the macaroni …

A colony of Humboldt penguins Spheniscus humboldti in central Chile was monitored from
August 1995 to July 2000 to determine patterns of breeding and colony attendance and how …

Magellanic penguin populations in the Falkland Islands may have decreased over the past
decade. The post‐breeding migration may be the period in which the birds are most …

A large-scale decline in the population of an apex marine predator, the sooty shearwater
Puffinus griseus, in the North Pacific was corroborated by decreased harvest rates of a …

Multi‐zoo comparisons of animal welfare are rare, and yet vital for ensuring continued
improvement of zoo enclosures and husbandry. Methods are not standardized for the …

We satellite-tracked five Humboldt penguins during the strong 1997/98 El Niño Southern
Oscillation (ENSO) from their breeding island Pan de Azúcar (26° 09′ S, 70° 40′ W) in …