LSM1303 Animal Behaviour Student Blog

Ever knew that homosexuality behaviour does exist in animals? Here's a short abstract from youtube of related news as reported in CNN : " PENGUIN PORN" In fact, this is not just unique to the penguins in the zoo of Germany. A similar occurance was reported Read More...

Granite Island has been specially designed to make it easier for the penguins to breed. They have ready-made burrows and taken special precaution to make the island penguin-safe. The penguin population is dwindling (ironically due to tourism) and they Read More...

Imagine you are in a huge parade with 50 000 other people, how are you going to locate your father in this sea of people? Well, this seems to be an easy task for a baby penguin. During winter, baby penguins group together while the parents go off to search Read More...

It is a well-known fact that penguins, or at least most of them, practise monogamy. The most faithful of them all might well be the Adelie penguin ( Pygoscelis adeliae ). Read more After spending a year apart from their mates, these penguins return to Read More...