Old bones reveal new evidence about the role of islands in penguin evolution
- Written by Theresa Cole, PhD candidate, University of Otago
The emperor penguin can grow up to 45 kilograms, making it the largest living penguin species.Veronika Meduna, CC BY-ND
Ever since Charles Darwin’s voyage to the Galapagos, biologists have been trying to figure out what determines the number of species that exist at any point in time. Our research, published today, provides an answer to this...
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