Intro

What's a penguin?

Types

Their Bodies

Their Lives

Breeding colonies

The Southern Hemisphere

Their Evolution

Interaction with People

In the News

Links and other Resources

Fun Facts
Links
Penguin Researchers

Conservation

General

Types of Penguins
Penguin Habitat

Taxonomy

Ocean & Climate Phenomena

Film


Penguin Researchers
Penguin Researchers
Gerald Kooyman
Specialty: Diving behavior in marine vertebrates, especially Emperor penguins
E-mail: gkooyman@ucsd.edu
Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Mike Bingham
Specialty: Penguin conservation
International Penguin Conservation Workgroup

Christine Ribic
Specialty: Importance of productivity and hydrographic features to seabirds in Antarctica during the winter
E-mail: caribic@wisc.edu
Wisconsin Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit

P. Dee Boersma
Specialty: Magellanic penguins in the South Atlantic. Seabirds as indicators of environmental change
E-mail: garnett@u.washington.edu
University of Washington

Research Stations
McMurdo Station at Ross Island
Specialty: Fish evolution, monitoring size of ice cap
Exploratorium Museum

Ross Sea, Antarctica
Specialty: Population Ecology of Adelie Penguins
Reserach team: David Ainley, Grant Ballard, Katie Dugger, Peter Wilson
Landcare Research

Macquarie Island
Specialty: Presence of disease in Royal and Rockhopper penguins
Australian Antarctic Division

Ice Story 2000: US-China Collaborative Oceanographic Reserach Project & Expedition to the Antarctic
Specialty: Sediment trapping, collecting water temperature, salinity, and phytoplankton production data
University of South Florida

Conservation
What is the IPCWG?
International Penguin Conservation Working Group

Conservation Work
Royal Forest and Bird Protection Society of New Zealand

Penguin Conservation Centre
Enkosini Wildlife Trust

African Penguin Conservation
Southern Africa Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds

Falklands Conservation
Falklands Conservation UK Charity

Humboldt Penguin Conservation
World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA)

Department of Marine Research & Conservation
The Charles Darwin Foundation for the Galapagos Islands

General
Antarctic Penguins
© 1993-2005 Guillaume Darguad

Penguins
SeaWorld Education Department Resource

Penguin World
PenguinWorld.com

Wildlife of Antarctica
Antarctic Connection

New Zealand Penguins
© Dave Houston 1997-2004

Introduction to Penguins
International Penguin Conservation Work Group

Splash Zone Exhibit: All About Penguins
Monterey Bay Aquarium

The Penguin Page-A Journey to the Bottom of the World
© Kevin C Welch

Science: Penguins
Australian Antarctic Division

Pete & Barb's Penguin Pages
© Peter and Barbara Barham

Penguins Around the World
Loogootee Elementary West

Types of Penguins
Animal Diversity Web
University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Penguins by Species
International Penguin Conservation Work Group

Penguins
World Bird Guide

African Penguins
City Slickers: Tour a Penguin
AnimalPlanet.com

Emperor Penguins
Creature Feature: Emperor Penguins
NationalGeorgaphic.com Kids

Emperor Penguin
Australian Antarctic Division

Cool Birds-How Can Emperor Penguins Live Like That?
Science News Online.

Galapagos Penguins
Galapagos Penguin
© Dr. Robert Rothman

King Penguins
Creature World: King Penguin
Kratt's Creatures, PBS online

Little Penguins
Little Penguin
Australian Wildlife

Birds of Tasmania
Parks and Wildlife Service Tasmania

Magellanic Penguins
Punta Tombo: Wildlife of the Region
Patagonia, PBS online

Yellow-eyed Penguins
Yellowed-eyed Penguin Trust
Yellow-eyedPenguin.org

Penguin Habitat
Antarctica
Antarctica Oceanography
Project Oceanography

Cool Antarctica
© Paul Ward

Web Vista Interactive Image Navigator
USGS, TerraWeb

Atlas of Antarctic Research
USGS

Chile & Argentina
Punta Tombo and...half a million penguins
Patagonia-Argentina.com

Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands
Falkland Islands Development Corporation

Galapagos Islands
Galapagos Islands
Galapagos-Islands.net

Galapagos
Charles Darwin Foundation, Inc.

Galapagos Geology on the Web
Department of Geological Sciences, Cornell University

Destination: Galapagos Islands
Scientific American Frontiers, PBS online

South Africa
Slow down-penguins crossing
South Africa: Alive with Possibility

New Zealand
New Zealand National Parks
Tourism New Zealand

New Zealand-Sites of Interest for Birdwatchers
Northamptonshire Wildlife

Taxonomy
Avibase-The World Bird Database
Bird Life International

Penguin Taxon Advisory Group
American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA)

Ocean & Climate Phenomena
Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
MODIS Sea Surface Temperature
NASA, MODIS Web

Ocean Productivity
Ocean Color Web
NASA, Ocean Color Web

SeaWiFS Project
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Visible Earth: Oceans
NASA, Visible Earth

El Niño
El Niño/La Niña Home
National Weather Service Climate Prediction Center

El Niño Visulizations
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center-Scientific Visualization Studio

Film
"March of the Penguins"
"March of the Penguins"
Warner Brothers Entertainment

"March of the Penguins"
NationalGeorgaphic.com

Reviews
Interview: "March of the Penguins" Director Luc Jacquet
NationalGeographic.com

"March of the Penguins" Too Lovey-Dovey to Be True?
NationalGeographic.com

And now, a word from penguins
The Seattle Times

"March of the Penguins" makes Oscar List
MSNBC.com




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Last modifed February 6, 2006