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Come back often--here you'll find a place for news, thoughts, stories, and points of view--otherwise called attitude--on all things nature and animals!
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Charles Bergman
Apr 30
Maui’s Wildlife Paradise
Most people think of Hawaii as a paradise of beaches. It’s also a paradise of wildlife for me and my wife Susan Mann...
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Charles Bergman
Oct 3, 2022
We still love penguins!
With all that’s been happening in the world, it’s been almost three years since Susan and I were with penguins in the wild. We miss them.
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Charles Bergman
Feb 27, 2021
Making Animals Real…
…in a world that is losing animals. In my lifetime, half the world’s population of animals has disappeared. Increasingly, animals are...
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Charles Bergman
Dec 29, 2020
Penguin Species Series #18 - The Northern Rockhopper Penguin
Northern Rockhopper Penguin--Species #18 Northern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes moseleyi Coolest Fact: Rockhoppers are perhaps the most...
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Charles Bergman
Dec 22, 2020
Penguin Species Series #17 - The Humboldt Penguin
Humboldt Penguin, Spheniscus humboldti Coolest Fact: The Humboldt Penguin is named after the great explorer and scientist, Alexander...
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Charles Bergman
Dec 15, 2020
Penguin Species Series #16 - The Little Penguin
Little Penguin, Eudyptula minor Coolest Fact: The little penguin is the smallest of the penguins. Where It’s Found: Australia and New...
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Charles Bergman
Dec 8, 2020
Penguin Species Series #15 - The Snares Penguin
Snares Penguin, Eudyptes robustus Coolest Fact: Snares penguins are distinguished from Fiordland penguins by the lack of white stripes...
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Charles Bergman
Dec 1, 2020
Penguin Species Series #14 - The Yellow-eyed Penguin
Yellow-eyed Penguin, Megadyptes antipodes Coolest Fact: Yellow-eyed penguins have an eerie, almost ghostly, look to them. They are the...
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Charles Bergman
Nov 24, 2020
Penguin Species Series #13 - The Royal Penguin
Royal Penguin, Eudyptes schegeli Coolest Fact: The royal penguin is the largest of the crested penguins (about 25 – 29 inches). Where...
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Charles Bergman
Nov 17, 2020
Penguin Species Series #12 - The Erect-crested Penguin
Erect-crested Penguin, Eudyptes sclateri Coolest Fact: The Erect-crested Penguin is the only penguin species that can raise and lower its...
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Charles Bergman
Nov 10, 2020
Penguin Species Series #11 - The Fiordland Penguin
Fiordland Penguin, Eudyptes pachyrynchus Coolest Fact: The Fiordland Penguin is the only penguin species to nest in forests. Where It’s...
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Charles Bergman
Nov 2, 2020
Penguin Species Series #10 - The African Penguin
African Penguin, Spheniscus demersus Coolest Fact: November 25, 1488, a crew member with Vasco da Gama wrote in his diary about birds...
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Charles Bergman
Oct 26, 2020
Penguin Species Series #9 - The Emperor Penguin
Emperor Penguin, Aptenodytes forsteri Coolest Fact: Emperor penguins are the only creature to breed in the Antarctic winter Where It’s...
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Charles Bergman
Oct 19, 2020
Penguin Species Series #8 - The Southern Rockhopper Penguin
Southern Rockhopper Penguin, Eudyptes chrysocome Coolest Fact: Rockhopper penguins are the only species with the red eye. The southern...
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Charles Bergman
Oct 12, 2020
Penguin Species Series #7 - The King Penguin
King Penguin, Aptenodytes patagonicus Coolest Fact: They nest in enormous colonies, crowded on beaches, of up to 200,000 pairs. Where...
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Charles Bergman
Oct 5, 2020
Penguin Species Series #6 - The Adélie Penguin
Adélie Penguin, Pygoscelis adéliae Coolest Fact: They are nature’s cutest thieves, stealing pebbles from neighbors to use for their own...
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Charles Bergman
Sep 29, 2020
Penguin Species Series #5 - The Macaroni Penguin
Macaroni Penguin, Eudyptes chrysolophus Coolest Fact: The macaroni penguin is the world’s most numerous penguin Where It’s Found: ...
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Charles Bergman
Sep 22, 2020
Penguin Species Series #4 - The Gentoo Penguin
Gentoo Penguin, Pygoscelis papua Coolest Fact: Gentoo penguins are the fastest swimmers of all penguins—up to 22 mph! Where It’s Found:...
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Charles Bergman
Sep 15, 2020
Penguin Species Series #3 - The Chinstrap Penguin
Chinstrap Penguin, Pygoscelis antarctica Cool Fact: Chinstrap penguins are the only species of penguins that have an all-white face Where...
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