Factual Penguin Pages
The Penguin Place
The premiere world-wide web penguin site! Kevin Welch has written the definitive site covering all aspects of penguin biology and behaviour with plenty of good graphics, video and sound clips, etc.
Avian Demography Unit (ADU)
The Avian Demography Unit at the University of Cape Town has an excellent website which has a multitude of information on the African Penguin (including the research on banding in which we are very much involved)
Pete & Barb's Penguin Page
We have included our own pages here for completeness and for anybody coming directly to the Rookery. The site contains over 150 information pages as well as more than 200 photographs of penguins we have taken over the years.
Penguins in New Zealand
Dave Houston's excellent and informative site covers all the New Zealand penguins - with lots of good pictures and reliable information.
Hedwig Penguin Home - Hedwig, from Belgium has her pages both in Dutch and English - lots of informative material backed up wiht good graphics.
Be A Penguin
What's it like to be a penguin? Here's your chance to find out.
The Great Penguin Count on Gabo Island
Excellent journal of one woman's trip counting penguins. Lots of photos...
Penguins, Computers, and Me
Ian Fleming's penguin page: penguin facts and penguin photos.
Yellow-eyed Penguins of Otago
A few really nice photos of yellow-eyed penguins.
Penguin Adaptation
Brief lesson on how penguins adapted to the Antarctic. Some interesting experiments for science classes.
Birds - Everything About Penguins
A search engine specifically for bird sites - throws up many good sites (many of which are listed here). Worth trying from time to time to see what is new.
Penguins
From the Australian Antarctic Division Site - good information about Antarctic penguins, etc.
Penguin-lesson plans
K-5 lesson plan for a penguin activity - good resource for teachers.
Peter Penguin's site
A small but interesting site with plenty of interesting facts and a few pictures.
Penguin rescue operation
A report on the success of the rehabilitation programme for African penguins following the Apollo Sea oil spill. Very informative.
Little penguins
A site with brief, but good information about the Little penguin in Australia.
Don Roberson's Penguins
A short illustrated article about penguins they have seen.
This kids site has a nice section on penguins with several cool photos.
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