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The color scheme for the feathers of a 36 million-year-old penguin was likely different from what it is today, based on an analysis of fossil feathers. Katie Browne / UT-Austin Sept. 30, 2010, 2: ...
A giant prehistoric penguin that waddled across the Earth more than 36 million years ago has been unearthed by fossil hunters. The five foot tall beast - named the Water King - was twice the size ...
The new species - known as Inkayacu paracasensis, or water king - was nearly 1.5 metres tall, making it twice the size of its largest living relative, the emperor penguin. Its plumage was as ...
The bird, named Inkayacu paracasensis, or Water King, waddled the Earth during the late Eocene period. Okay, so there aren't any Giant Penguins still around today. They're all extinct.
The new species, called the water king, sheds light on bird evolution, researchers say. For starters, penguins' apparently recent switch to black-and-white may have been more about swimming than ...
The source is a nutrient-rich band of water called the Antarctic Polar Front, where cold deep water meets an area of warmer water. King penguins get some 80 percent of their nutrition from this ...
Meet Charlotte: The king penguin who is afraid of water MOST penguins like nothing more than swirling and tumbling through the sea… but not Charlotte. By Selina Sykes. 22:03, ...