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Sphenisciform WebRing - The Sphenisciform Ring is a collection of websites that contain content about penguin biology, penguin item collecting, and penguin research.
PenguinWorld.com - Types of Penguin - Photos and facts on the physical traits, habits, distribution, and diet of 16 species of Sphenisciformes.
Pinguine (Katja's Tierseite) - Die Seite bietet eine kurze Beschreibung der verschiedenen Tierarten sowie deren Lebensraum, Aussehen und Nahrung.
Webpinguin - Informationen sowie auch lustige Bilder und Animationen werden geboten.
Pinguversum - Vorstellung der Gattungen und Arten, ergänzt durch Kurioses, Links, Buch-, Film- und Musiktipps. Von Kirsten Herrendorf.
Anjas Pinguine - Wissenswertes über 17 Pinguin-Arten: Lebensraum, Verhalten, Literaturhinweise, Linktipps sowie Zoos mit Pinguinen.
Gentoo Penguin (Pygoscelis papua) - Photos, brief description, and distribution map.
Chinstrap Penguin (Pygoscelis Antarctica) - Photo, short description, and distribution map.
PenguinScience: Population Ecology of Adelie Penguins in the Ross Sea, Antarctica - Discusses the progress and results of ongoing scientific studies relating to changes in Adelie penguin colonies in the Ross Sea as a result of climate changes. Several scientific papers are included.
Pygoscelis adeliae (Adelie penguin) - Describes the habitat, reproduction, and behavior of this species.

Waimanu - ... a genus of early penguin which lived soon after the Cretaceous-Tertiary extinction event, lending support to the theory that the radiation of modern birds took place before the extinction of the dinosaurs, not after as others had proposed. While it was a very early member of the sphenisciformes, Waimanu was flightless (like all modern members of its order).
Penguin - Penguins (order Sphenisciformes, family Spheniscidae) are a group of aquatic, flightless birds living almost exclusively in the Southern Hemisphere.