Emperor penguins' feathers defy conventional wisdom, study finds
Tuesday, October 20, 2015 - 19:20
in Biology & Nature
Emperor penguins eat, sleep and breed in one of the harshest environments in the world -- icy Antarctica, in temperatures that can dip below -40 in the winter. It would be easy to assume that they have the thickest, densest feathers in the bird world. But a new study reveals that’s not the case...