A case of melanism found in a wild gentoo penguin living in Antarctica
[The] research team found no evidence of the extra coloring on its white front making the penguin any more susceptible to predators—and it did not seem to bother the other penguins in its colony.
Bird flu fells nearly 9,000 marine creatures in Chile
Nearly 9,000 sea lions, penguins, otters and small cetaceans have died in an avian flu outbreak battering Chile’s north coast, the South American country’s fisheries service said Thursday.
