The Bronx-based Wildlife Conservation society contributed to the creation of a new coastal park in Argentina. The park protects a number of rare seabirds, including the Magellanic penguin. Magellanic penguins call the Bronx Zoo’s Russell B. Aitken aviary home, too. The Magellanic penguins weigh up to 25 pounds and live up to 25 years. Photo by Julie Larsen / Wildlife Conservation Society
Stroll north through the Bronx Zoo and you’ll spy the Russell B. Aitken seabird colony, where cormorants flap and penguins dive for sardines.
Fly south 1,000 miles from Buenos Aires and you’ll spot Patagonia, a windswept South American plateau where wild cormorants and penguins nest. You’ll catch sight of Argentina’s newest coastal park, created last month with help from the Bronx-based Wildlife Conservation Society. Read more..
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