Zürich Zoological Garden

Supercharged penguins—supplementary feeding reshapes tawaki/Fiordland penguin winter migration

Migration in a species is primarily a response to resource availability, shelter, thermoregulation, predator avoidance, or seasonal environmental change. Tawaki/Fiordland penguins ( Eudyptes pachyrhynchus ) have earned the nickname “marathon penguins” as they migrate 2,500 km fro...