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  From the windswept bow of the R/V Laurence M. Gould, I watch as a dozen chinstrap penguins porpoise across the surface of the icy sea. The small black-and-white penguins torpedo along, moving rhythmically back and forth between air and water. Travel made easier. What a remarkab

Nowhere in the world is the impact of climate change more profound than the world’s polar ends. Antarctica may not get the kind of media attention that polar bears of the Arctic do, but the impact of climate change to the biology of the South Pole is increasingly harsh, and that

On July 4, 2013, NPR covered the release of the E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation’s (EOWBF) video Ghost Rookeries: Climate Change and the Adelie Penguin. Ghost Rookeries, narrated by actor, conservationist, and member of the EOWBF Board of Advisors Harrison Ford, conveys the s

The E.O. Wilson Biodiversity Foundation (EOWBF) and the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) will be embarking on an exciting new initiative beginning in the summer of 2013. Beginning with Ghost Rookeries: Climate Change and the Adelie Penguin (4 minutes, 2013), short videos produc