2024年11月19日 · A wildlife photographer has captured remarkable photos of an ultra-rare all-black penguin that lacks the distinctive white belly.

2024年12月26日 · Against the background of the gray beach and when juxtaposed with the rest of its colony, this all-black penguin boasted a striking silhouette. The penguin’s plumage is the result of melanism, a phenomenon that occurs very rarely within bird and mammal species.

2024年12月10日 · A photographer captured an ultra-rare all-black king penguin, a genetic anomaly caused by melanism, on South Georgia Island.

2010年3月3日 · Observing this black penguin waddle across South Georgia’s black sand beach revealed no different behavior than that of his fellow penguins. In fact, he seemed to mix well.

2024年11月19日 · Photographer Yves Adams had just landed at St Andrews Bay in the south Atlantic Ocean this month when a colleague alerted him to the presence of an unusual bird. Yves – who previously found a...

2024年11月20日 · On a trip to South Georgia Island in the South Atlantic Ocean, nature and wildlife photographer Yves Ada ms spotted a rare all-black king penguin. Typically, king penguins have a distinctive black-and-white coloring, but this “gothic” penguin apparently has melanism, an excess of dark pigment called melanin, and all of its feathers are dark.

2018年11月19日 · While filming Penguins, the Dynasties crew runs into one of the rarest sights in the animal world: an all black penguin, thanks to a mutation called melanism...

2025年1月29日 · Among the sea of tuxedoed birds, one penguin stands out—a sleek figure cloaked entirely in black, its feathers shimmering with hints of metallic green under the Antarctic light. A sight so rare that even seasoned explorers and scientists could scarcely believe their eyes, this mysterious individual challenges our understanding of genetics ...

2023年8月24日 · Gentoo penguins (Pygoscelis papua), which live on the rocky islands surrounding Antarctica, typically have pale bellies and darker backs that camouflage them against predators while...

2024年11月21日 · Yves, who previously photographed a rare yellow penguin, rushed to the beach to capture images of the melanistic penguin before it disappeared into the vast colony. Unlike the typical black-and-white king penguins, this rare bird had a completely black belly and darker neck feathers, which appeared more black than the usual vibrant yellow.