Sentences with phrase «of penguin habitats»

The group of scientists recommends that the protection of penguin habitats is crucial for their future survival.

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Join us inside the penguin habitat to observe these animals up close and learn some of the surprising ways in which Shedd staffers care for these charismatic birds.

Other attractions include a trio of touch pools, a roomy habitat for penguins and special galleries for rainforest and deep - sea creatures.

A major study of all penguin species suggests the birds are at continuing risk from habitat degradation.

An international commission is considering whether to designate the waters around Antarctica special marine reserves, a step campaigners say would safeguard the habitat of whales, seals and penguins and more than double the world's protected sea area.

They report that the future resilience of penguin populations to climate change impacts will almost certainly depend upon addressing current threats to existing habitat degradation on land and at sea.

Sea ice is a crucial part of the ecosystems at both poles, providing habitat and influencing food availability for penguins, polar bears and other native species.

Polar species, including the polar bear, ice - dependent seals, and emperor penguins are especially vulnerable to the effects of climate change as their unique sea ice habitats shrink due to warming.

The paucity of data regarding population status of emperor penguins is largely due to the logistical difficulties of accessing potential emperor penguin breeding habitat in areas of Antarctica that are not in close proximity to research stations.

With the help of the public, the aim is to annotate thousands of images of penguins and their habitats that have been taken over the past three years.

The highlight of her undergraduate career was volunteering in Phillip Island, Australia, to help rehabilitate little penguin and koala habitats.

If the walls of perfectly preserved fossils aren't enough to excite your kids, they'll find penguin colonies, rare birds and stunning blue marine habitats full of dive worthy fish and features.

Also along the waterfront, the outstanding Aquarium of the Pacific has huge tanks and displays featuring coral reefs, goofy Magellanic penguins and other ocean habitats.

The Aquarium continues to support important research and rehabilitation efforts of African penguins in their native habitat to better understand the issues facing this species today.

These penguins are the epitome of cuteness and the ability to be among them in their own habitat is something that no zoo experience can compare to.

To see some penguins paint, be at these «artists»» habitat for their watercolor activity from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. To win one of three paintings made that day, visitors, age 13 or older, can enter a drawing held between 9 a.m. April 11 through 5 p.m. April 25 at CZS.org/PenguinDay.

King penguins have adapted to a precise habitat range: they favour a scatter of islands in the Southern Ocean, away from the sea ice but close to an oceanic upwelling called the Antarctic Polar Front, which concentrates colossal quantities of fish into a small area.

(Read more about the changing habitat of penguins and seals in this recent post and in the video above.)

Some penguin species have already been displaced by the decline of ice in the region, and many populations will lose habitat in the decades ahead.

Using maps and data collected, citizen scientist students can explore the work of many leading scientists as they investigate why the numbers of frogs, polar bears, or penguins are decreasing as their special habitats are effected by rising temperatures.

A new campaign by Greenpeace has sent beautiful life - sized paper sculptures of penguins to every continent of the world in an effort to educate people about the importance of protecting Antarctica, penguins» native habitat and one of the world's last pristine marine ecosystems.