Like many other penguin species, the birds prefer temperate, dry climates. (sciencemag.org)
The techniques developed in this study will help scientists to reconstruct past changes in colony size and potentially predict how other penguin populations may be affected elsewhere. (sciencedaily.com)
But what makes the Waimanu even more interesting is that the bones are significantly different from other penguin fossils from the same time period, revealing that the diversity of Paleocene penguins was higher than previously thought. (treehugger.com)