The Penguins of South America and the Falkland Islands

Prepare to enter the hidden world of the penguin. Learn how penguins dominate the half world of land and sea. See penguins like you have never seen them before. This extraordinary book is the authoritative work on penguins of South America, an area which includes the Falkland Islands, one of the world's most important penguin breeding sites. Based on 27 years of research by Mike Bingham, the book includes maps and population data for each breeding site. The introduction gives an in depth look at the evolution, physiology and life strategies of penguins, whilst individual chapters explain how each species has become adapted to fulfill its own particular niche. Finally the role of penguins in the environment is explained, with some remarkable implications for human kind. If you want to know why penguins don't fly, or why they are black and white, then this book will give you the answer. Prepare to be astonished, enthralled and captivated by this beautifully written book.