The Northwest Territories – Yukon, Nunavut, and the northern regions of many provinces make up over 40% of Canada’s landmass, classified as Arctic and Northern. About 150,000 people live in Canada’s Arctic, with more than half Indigenous. But are penguins part of this ecosystem? I bet you are thinking about the same thing.
Continue readingPenguins are beautiful creatures of the Antarctic wildlife. They are elegant, and their waddling march is a pleasure to the onlookers’ eyes. Unluckily, today penguins live only in the Southern Hemisphere. Galapagos penguins are the only species of penguins near the northern hemisphere in the north of the equator.
Continue readingChile is a long, narrow country present at the edge of the west of South America. It has a Pacific Ocean coastline of about 6,000km. It is home for plenty of different animals like Puda, Taruca, Sea Lions, and birds like an Andean condor, Austral Thrush, etc.
Yes, Chile is also home to some species of penguins, they are Macaroni, Southern Rockhopper, Magellanic, and Humboldt. Even other species also present but in little number and spread over South America.
Continue readingYes, penguins live in Hawaii. As we all know, penguins are endemic to Southern Hemisphere, where few species of penguins live in temperate regions like South Africa and one species live near the north of the equator called as Galapagos penguins.
Penguins that live in Hawaii are not the natural residents of the region; they have introduced some years back. Many of us will be surprised to know that there are penguins in Hawaii.
Continue readingPenguins are one of the beautiful creatures on earth. And Iceland is one of the spectacular countries on earth. Imagining penguin in Iceland is quite a glad thing. But, we are unfortunate; there are no penguins in Iceland. There are many reasons why penguins not found in Iceland.
Penguins are endemic to Southern Hemisphere; they live in the Antarctic and sub-Antarctic islands. Amongst the 17 species of penguins, one penguin species called Galapagos penguins live in the north of the equator. Iceland is in North Atlantic and it is a Nordic island country since it is in the Northern Europe and North Atlantic.
Continue readingYes, penguins are endemic in South America. Amongst the 17 species of living penguins, there are about seven species of penguins living in South America. As we all know penguins are the habitat of Southern Hemisphere, it is also clear that South America is mostly a part of the Southern hemisphere.
Continue readingAlmost all the 17 species of living penguins live in the Southern Hemisphere. Argentina is in the southern part of South America which is present in the Southern Hemisphere. So, there are penguins’ habitats in Argentina.
There are four species of penguins that live in Argentina; Magellanic, Gentoo, Macaroni and Southern rockhopper penguins are the four different species of penguins that live in and around Argentina.
Continue readingHave you ever wondered, are there penguins in Alaska? Well, the short answer is that there are no penguins in Alaska. In fact, penguins exist only in the southern hemisphere with a large number of them living in Antarctica.
Out of 18 species of penguins found all over the globe, eight species of penguins are found in the Antarctic region. You might wonder, after all, both regions are cold with similar environmental conditions, so why aren’t there any penguins in Alaska?
Continue readingWhen we speak about penguins many of us visualize the beautiful penguins in the snow and ice spread Antarctica. Do you know there are penguins in Africa? Yes, there are penguins in Africa. They live in a warmer climate when compared to the other species of penguins.
Continue readingIf you have seen penguins in a series of animated movies, you might have asked yourself, are there penguins in Madagascar? The reason why this question is so popular is primarily because of the animated movie Penguins of Madagascar which might make you believe that penguins do exist in Madagascar. But in reality, there are no penguins in Madagascar.
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