Tim Radford / Climate News NetworkMar 5, 2018
When an ecosystem changes, those creatures most precisely adapted become the most vulnerable—and that is bad news for king penguins. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigFeb 15, 2016
The penguins died in recent years after an iceberg "the size of Rome" became grounded near their Antarctic colony in 2010, separating them from their food source: the sea. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigJan 3, 2015
Some seals have taken a liking to sex with penguins while an octopus was found to have strangled its lover; meanwhile, 2014 was filled with protests and strikes along with technology failures. These discoveries and more after the jump. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
By Tim Radford, Climate News NetworkFeb 2, 2014
Fewer penguin chicks that hatch in a colony in Argentina reach maturity, scientists found -- and they say climate change is the culprit. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )
Susan Zakin / TruthdigDec 8, 2012
Some people think the book business in on its last legs. But others think it isn't a business at all. Dig deeper ( 18 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 8, 2011
Fans of the Toronto Zoo's same-sex penguin couple Buddy and Pedro will be dismayed to hear that the bonded pair will soon be parted and subjected to heterosexual retraining measures (paging Marcus Bachmann) -- specifically, placing them in contained areas with females -- in the interest of saving their species. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigSep 9, 2011
Twice yearly, the billionaire industrialists Charles and David Koch assemble a crowd of wealthy economic libertarian sympathizers to raise funds for their efforts to influence government and the American public. (more) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 13, 2007
Arnold Schwarzenegger wants to make the environmental movement sexy Why get rid of Hummers, California's governor argued Wednesday, when you can make them run on biofuel and hydrogen, like his? Schwarzenegger has a warning for politicians who stand in the way of environmental progress: "Your political base will melt away as surely as the polar ice caps ". Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigAug 7, 2006
An anti-Al Gore / global warming video recently appeared on YouTube. It posed as an amateur work, but was in fact created by a slick Republican public relations firm that shills for Exxon. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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