Four penguin chicks have hatched at a bird park in what has been described as its most successful breeding season in almost a ...

A new study, led by researchers at Nelson Mandela University, which monitored the breeding success of African penguins for 12 years across South Africa has found that artificial nests outperformed ...

"However, after a poor reproductive season they may try to find a new partner for the next season to increase their breeding success." Related: Meet 'small diver': One of the tiniest penguins ever ...

Researchers from Monash University and Phillip Island Nature Parks found that divorce among little penguins (Eudyptula minor) is linked to enhanced breeding success. While little penguins ...

“Penguins at land colonies ... burrows which mimic the shape of natural penguin burrows. They noted that breeding success in natural nests could have been slightly underestimated in the study ...

“We recorded nearly 250 penguin divorces from about a thousand pairs throughout the study, and we found that years with a lower divorce rate resulted in higher breeding success,” said Rein ...

This means penguins “might skip a breeding season ... The divorce rate was also more reliable for predicting future breeding success than environmental or behavioral factors, like sea surface ...

“We recorded nearly 250 penguin divorces from about a thousand pairs throughout the study, and we found that years with a lower divorce rate resulted in higher breeding success.” Data were ...

“However, after a poor reproductive season they may try and find a new partner for the next season to increase their breeding success.” Researchers tracked the penguin “marriages” over 13 ...

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins, but different designs are more effective at different colonies according to a new study. Artificial nests can boost ...

Artificial nests can boost the breeding success of endangered African penguins, but different designs are more effective at different colonies according to a new study by an international team of ...