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Geographical distribution of yellow-eyed penguins. Image credit: Guhlin et al., doi: 10.1038/s41559-026-03062-w.

Rare New Zealand Penguins Are Three Distinct Subspecies, New Study Shows

May 12, 2026 by Natali Anderson

For decades, scientists treated the yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) as a single species split into two broad populations. A new genomic study...