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Penguins

Bycatch

October 2, 2023 by John Yunker

In fishing, there is what you catch, and then there is bycatch. Catch is what is intended; bycatch is what is unintended.  A necessary evil. That is, until one understands …

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Categories Animal Rights, Conservation, Ecology, Endangered Species, Essays, Hunting, Oceans, Sustainability, Veganism

Book Review: Julian Sancton’s MADHOUSE AT THE END OF THE EARTH

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 by Midge Raymond

Julian Sancton’s Madhouse at the End of the Earth tells the riveting, page-turning story of the Belgica’s multinational expedition to Antarctica, led by Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache. This may be not be …

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Categories Book Reviews, Crown, Nonfiction, Penguin Random House

“Penguins are in trouble”

August 29, 2019 by John Yunker

This from a sobering research report published last week by some of the world’s leading experts on penguins. The report notes that “more than half of the world’s 18 penguin …

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Categories Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species, Oceans, Pollution, Veganism

Happy World Penguin Day

April 25, 2019 by Midge Raymond

Today is World Penguin Day— not that we need a reason to celebrate these amazing little creatures, but it’s great to have a designated day on which everyone thinks about these …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Anthropocene, Birds, Climate Change, Conservation, Endangered Species

My Last Continent: A Novel by Midge Raymond

June 21, 2016 by John Yunker

I’m happy to announce the publication of contributor Midge Raymond’s debut novel My Last Continent (Scribner). This novel wears the “eco-fiction” label quite well. The novel focuses on penguin researchers in Antarctica …

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Categories Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Fiction, Oceans, Veganism

Book Review: The Penguin Lessons by Tom Michell

September 29, 2019January 20, 2016 by Midge Raymond

The Penguin Lessons is the story of a young Englishman who, on vacation in Uruguay from his teaching job at a boarding school in Argentina, rescues an oil-covered Magellanic penguin. …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Animal Rights, Ballantine Books, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Conservation, Nonfiction, Oceans, Oil, Pollution

Book Review: Lost Antarctica by James McClintock

September 29, 2019August 7, 2014 by Midge Raymond

As James McClintock points out in his enlightening book, Antarctica is often referred to as “the poster child” for global warming, a bellwether of climate change, the place where we …

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Categories Ballantine Books, Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans, Pollution

Book Review: Penguins: Natural History and Conservation

July 10, 2013 by John Yunker

Let me preface this review by saying that I am a longtime fan of co-author Dee Boersma’s work. Years ago, I was part of a volunteer project at Punta Tombo, …

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Categories Animal Behavior, Birds, Book Reviews, Climate Change, Endangered Species, Nonfiction, Oceans

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