{"id":837,"date":"2019-04-25T14:13:29","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T13:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/?p=837"},"modified":"2019-04-25T14:13:29","modified_gmt":"2019-04-25T13:13:29","slug":"its-world-penguin-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/2019\/04\/25\/its-world-penguin-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s World Penguin Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>\u00a0<strong>Today is World Penguin Day!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-838\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/DSC2406_020-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"254\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/DSC2406_020-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/DSC2406_020-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/DSC2406_020-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/DSC2406_020-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/DSC2406_020-2048x1360.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-841\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-_DSC0063-300x206.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"246\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-_DSC0063-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-_DSC0063-1024x702.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-_DSC0063-768x527.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-_DSC0063-1536x1053.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Copy-of-_DSC0063-2048x1404.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 246px) 100vw, 246px\" \/><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Penguins are some of the most recognisable characters amongst the cast of species that call the oceans their home. Whether they love them (almost everyone!) or hate them, people I meet rarely fail to\u00a0register an emotional response when I tell them I work\u00a0on penguins. And that\u2019s got to be a good thing this World Penguin Day because, globally, penguins are not fairing well. Of the 18 species of penguin, 11 are undergoing population declines and 10 are considered as threatened on the IUCN Red List. Penguins are threatened by climate change, pressure from fisheries interactions and pollution, amongst other things. But\u00a0there\u00a0are successful conservation stories for penguins species too and teams of dedicated people are working to ensure these charismatic species stick around to see many a more World Penguin Day in future.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-839 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/20161005_no9-300053-300x173.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/20161005_no9-300053-300x173.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/20161005_no9-300053-1024x590.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/20161005_no9-300053-768x443.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/20161005_no9-300053.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div>\n<div>Have a look at\u00a0this blog\u00a0post to\u00a0find out\u00a0more about our work to conserve African penguins:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/multimedia.earthwatch.org\/a-comeback-story-in-the-making\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/multimedia.earthwatch.org\/a-comeback-story-in-the-making<\/a><\/div>\n<div>or this recently accepted review for more information on all 18 species:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2019.00248\/abstract\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.frontiersin.org\/articles\/10.3389\/fmars.2019.00248\/abstract<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: right\">A Penguin-eye view: foraging for fish<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h3>Happy World Penguin Day!<\/h3>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-840\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Untitled4-300x215.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"322\" height=\"231\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Untitled4-300x215.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Untitled4-1024x733.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Untitled4-768x550.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Untitled4-1536x1100.png 1536w, https:\/\/sites.exeter.ac.uk\/exetermarine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/203\/2019\/04\/Untitled4.png 1592w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 322px) 100vw, 322px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Words and Images by ExeterMarine researcher Richard Sherley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0Today is World Penguin Day! \u00a0 Penguins are some of the most recognisable characters amongst the cast of species that call the oceans their home. 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