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The Science Behind Why Penguins Don’t Fly
You may have heard penguins being referred to as the “birds of the sea,” but unlike most birds, they can’t actually fly. Instead, they’re truly remarkable swimmers, gliding effortlessly ...
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers
More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a new study in the journal Evolution, researchers ...
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Escape Velocity
This story appears in the November 2012 issue of National Geographic magazine. Roger Hughes has never seen emperor penguins in the wild. But when he saw them in a BBC documentary, rocketing ...
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From land to sea: mystery of penguin evolution and how they adapt to the cold
Penguins first evolved the ability to dive, like a puffin, and subsequently lost the ability to fly as they adapted to an aquatic realm, becoming excellent swimmers and divers. The earliest-known ...
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover
Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Flightless birds, such as penguins and ostriches, evolve from ancestors capable of flight. When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies adapt more rapidly ...