i try to emphasize good news

and if i can't do that i try to emphasize anger over sadness

but there's nothing i can do about this bit of news except be depressed:

"Mass drowning of chicks puts emperor #penguins at risk of #extinction"

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/09/mass-drowning-of-chicks-puts-emperor-penguins-at-risk-of-extinction

essentially, #globalWarming, the #climateCrisis, is breaking up the ice the #emperorPenguin depends upon to raise its young, and this is resulting in mass killings of their young now

😔

#penguin #science #climateChange #ecology

Two iconic #SouthPole species, the #EmperorPenguin & the #AntarcticFurSeal, have been officially declared #endangered by the world’s leading #conservation authority — a consequence of dramatic changes to their #habitats caused by #GlobalWarming.

#climate #environment #wildlife #MarineLife #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #law #EnvironmentalLaw #science
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2026/04/09/emperor-penguin-endangered-antarctic-fur-seal/

Emperor penguin and Antarctic fur seal now endangered

https://iucn.org/press-release/202604/emperor-penguin-and-antarctic-fur-seal-now-endangered-due-climate-change-iucn

#HackerNews #emperorpenguin #antarcticfurseal #endangered #species #conservation #climatechange

Sea Turtle, Penguin, and other Marine Mammals (Marine Animals by Panini), Part 2

Back with the second group of figures from the Panini marine animals set. Last time, I focused on the cetaceans, which were okay. This time, we’ll see the rest of the marine tetrapods (the best I can do to lump them all together). They are okay too! Also, a whole group of vertebrates that can leave the water I guess. This will include several marine carnivorans, plus a sea turtle and a […]

Read more... https://animaltoyforum.com/blog/sea-turtle-penguin-and-other-marine-mammals-marine-animals-by-panini-part-2/

#aptenodytes #aptenodytesForsteri #californiaSeaLion #emperorPenguin #enhydra #enhydraLutris #eretmochelys #eretmochelysImbricata #hawksbillSeaTurtle #hydrurga #hydrurgaLeptonyx #leopardSeal #odobenus #odobenusRosmarus #polarBear #seaOtter #ursus #ursusMaritimus #walrus #zalophus #zalophusCalifornianus

Today's article on Blogorgonopsid is about Gus, the vagrant emperor penguin who found himself for the better part of November living in Australia!

Dnešní článek na Blogorgonopsidovi je o Gusovi, zatoulaném tučňáku císařském, který po většinu listopadu žil v Austrálii!

#gus #penguin #emperorpenguin #australia #denmark #westernaustralia #birds

https://blogorgonopsid.blogspot.com/2024/12/antarkticky-tucnak-cisarsky-na-pisecne.html