Tag: Gentoo penguins

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 10:46 UTC

  Falkland Science Symposium celebrate Penguin Awareness Day

  

  The world’s northernmost colony of king penguins has something to celebrate this week, as Tuesday marks Penguin Awareness Day and these well dressed seabirds play host to an international group of scientists gathered to discuss the Falkland Islands’ rich potential for new research.

• Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 21:29 UTC

  Falklands’ penguin population rising: Gentoo doubled and Rockhopper remains stable

  

  According to the most recent count in the Falklands, the number of Gentoo penguin breeding pairs has doubled when compared with the number counted during the last census in 2005. Rockhopper penguin numbers are reported to be stable.