Rare White Penguins Discovered

During the first week of January 2008, it was reported that scientists spotted a rare adult unpigmented Adelie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae) in Antarctica. White penguins are extremely rare. In 1997 after more than 30 years of studying penguins in Antarctica, Gerald Kooyman a scientist at Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported what is believed to be the first sighting of an all-white emperor penguin.