This zoo’s holiday light show has a giant penguin, flamingo tree, and now a 110-foot ferris wheel

A new, 110-foot ferris wheel will be at the zoo for the LumiNature holiday show and through 2026 for the America 250 ...
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Giant Penguins Once Lived In New Zealand — And Scientists May Finally Know Why They’re Gone

The fossil belongs to an ancestor of modern emperor and king penguins, who once lived in Aotearoa, New Zealand.
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Fossil of huge penguin that lived 3 million years ago discovered in New Zealand — what happened to it?

Today, great penguins are limited to subantarctic islands and the coast of Antarctica (map on the left). But ancient New Zealand was home to an extinct species of great penguin around three million ...

Close relatives of emperor penguins lived in NZ some 3 million years ago. What caused their extinction?

We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilised skull of a great penguin found on the Taranaki coast. Overall, it is 31% longer than the skull of an emperor penguin (Aptenodytes ...
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African wild dogs, giant flying squirrels arrive at West Valley’s Wildlife World Zoo

The Wildlife World Zoo in Litchfield Park said guest will be able to see African wild dogs and a type of flying squirrel from ...
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Fossil of huge penguin that lived 3 million years ago discovered in New Zealand — what happened to it?

Three million years ago, an extinct relative of todays's great penguins — emperors and kings — lived in Aotearoa New Zealand. We know this because our new study describes a spectacular fossilized ...