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Why Do Penguins Wear Tuxedos?

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Penguins are flightless, but some species locomote over long distances on antarctic ice to travel between breeding grounds and the sea. And, they wear tuxedos, which seem to provide camouflage while they are swimming, where leopard seals, sharks, and other creatures would like to make a meal of them. Salas-Gismondi, R., Altamirano, A.,

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A Question of Migration

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Way back when I started what turned out to be my thesis research (on humans), it became important for me to learn about bird migration. I was involved in the study of human movement and navigation on land, and there was a lot of research coming out about bird navigation. Itcher birds, migratory members of the tern family. Image source.

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