Phillip Island is home to the 37,000 little penguins, the world's largest colony of the species, and the internationally renowned Penguin Parade attracts thousands of visitors each year to watch ...

Divorce rates appear to be a more reliable predictor of the reproductive success of the colony than environmental factors ...

Nowhere is this shift in understanding more pronounced than on Australia’s Phillip Island, home to the world’s largest colony ...

Little Penguins, as it turns out, aren't very faithful, and they aren't the only species destroying human illusions of unconditional 'love' in nature. While it's true that during breeding season, most ...

New research reveals a troubling link between penguin divorce rates and declining reproductivesuccess on Phillip Island in Australia. Scientists say the usually monogamous little penguins are getting ...

The little penguins (Eudyptula minor) that live on Phillip Island in Australia have been found to “divorce” their partners and find a new mate if they don’t appear to be satisfied with the ...

The study, published in Ecology and Evolution, discovered that a penguin's decision to remain with a partner is based on reproductive success. "In good times, they largely stick with their partners," ...

Penguins do not have everlasting love as we have often believed. Researchers in Australia have found that the “divorce” rate ...

Penguins on Phillip Island, a popular wildlife sanctuary, are divorcing at an alarming rate, according to a new study. The research, led by Professor Richard Reina, Head of Monash University’s ...

From 2000 to 2012, the team peered into the secret lives of around a thousand pairs of little penguins on Phillip Island, in southern Australia – which is home to the world's largest colony of ...

the subjects of the Australia Penguin Parade, are leaving love behind and showing higher divorce rates, worrying experts. Screengrab from Phillip Island Nature Parks' Facebook post From “March ...