Twenty-six different prey species were found in the diet, including squid, octopus and 17 species of fish. The composition of gentoo penguin diets was variable from year to year, with krill the ...

South Georgia is home to important colonies of penguins, including the gentoo. Their main diet is krill – a small shrimp-like crustacean – that is abundant in the area. Recognizing the need to ...

Gentoo penguins usually lay two eggs each year ... feeding the newly-born chicks a liquid diet, before giving them more solid food as they get older. When they are around 60 days old, the chicks ...

A rare all-black gentoo penguin has been spotted on Rongé Island, Antarctica. Gentoos typically sport the more traditional tuxedo penguin pattern, but in cases of leucism and melanism ...