Spectacular penguin with yellow feathers and a bright red bill that waddled Earth more than three million years ago could be the ‘missing link’ between living seabirds and their ancient relatives Fossil remains were found of the ancient red-billed crested penguin species Researchers say the birds are a ‘missing link’ to modern New Zealand penguins … Read more
From Alan Davies’ The Tuesday Club to The Penguin Podcast, You’ll Do and Reni Eddo-Lodge’s About Race, this week’s top podcasts By Leaf Arbuthnot Published: 22:01 BST, 4 July 2020 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 4 July 2020 The Tuesday Club I am full of admiration for the sports podcasts that have ground on through the … Read more
Antarctic penguins could experience a ‘population boom’ due to global warming as melting sea ice means they have to spend less time foraging for food. Japanese scientists describe the Adélie species of penguin, which is native to Antarctica, as a ‘rare global warming winner’ thanks to melting ice. In low-ice conditions, penguins are able travel more … Read more
King penguins are the second largest of the penguin species, after the Emperor penguin. They weigh, on average they, around 15kg (33lb) and are 95cm (3.1ft) tall. Like many penguins, fully grown but unfledged chicks can appear to be larger than the adult birds. They were sometimes known as ‘woolly penguins’ by the early explorers … Read more
Struggling education publisher Pearson offloads Penguin stake as boss John Fallon bows out Pearson has struck a £530million deal to sell its stake in Penguin Random House The deal values book publisher Penguin Random House at around £2.8billion. John Fallon will step down as boss in 2020 once a successor has been named By This Is … Read more