Happy 6ft: ancient penguins were as tall as people. We've discovered the species that started the downsizing trend
- Written by Jacob Blokland, Palaeontology PhD Candidate and Casual Academic, Flinders University
The newly discovered _Kupoupou stilwelli_ would have once swam in the waters around Chatham Island near New Zealand.Illustration by Jacob Blokland, Author provided
A new species of extinct penguin has been discovered. It’s helping us bridge the gap between modern penguins and their counterparts from the Paleocene epoch - the 10-million-year...