Galapagos penguins

Foot darkening with age in Spheniscus penguins: applications and functions

Papers /

Authors: Ginger Rebstock, Pearl Wellington, Dee BoermsaJournal: PeerJDOI: https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.17937 From the abstract: “We found that Spheniscus penguins have pale feet at hatching and the feet become darker with age throughout the lives of individuals. We showed that we can accurately predict the age structure of a colony of Magellanic penguins Spheniscus magellanicus, but not the ages of individual penguins, based […]

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Field Updates: Galápagos Islands, summer 2024

Boersma Lab, Updates from the Field /

In July 2024, Dr. Dee Boersma and Dr. Caroline Cappello traveled to the Galápagos Islands for a penguin expedition unlike any they’d experienced before. Since 2010, CES has collaborated with Galápagos National Park and conservationist Godfrey Merlen to visit penguin breeding areas and conduct research. After Godfrey’s passing in 2023, CES—with heavy hearts but optimism for the future—sought a new

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