Wednesday's Featured Film: We Can Fly!

OK, OK, I know: we usually feature our films on Friday. But this was too good to pass up.

And, yes, I know that April Fools' Day is also history, and this ranks as one of the best April Fools' spoofs ever.

Now, without any further ado, the stentorian tones and authoritative voice of the BBC present hitherto unseen footage of an extraordinary discovery from the annals of avian wildlife: Penguins that fly.

So this isn't just a post of cool footage of the improbable (though what's wrong with that?), here's a recent story from National Public Radio on the impacts -- negative and positive -- of climate change on penguins in Antarctica.

Reporter Daniel Zwerdling filed the report from a colony of Adelie penguins that scientists first began studying a century ago. The key seems to be that Adelie penguins are in trouble in areas where the ice is retreating, and doing great in areas where there's more ice than before.

Great report, with great pictures, more video and a cool slideshow.

If you need a further penguin fix, the Penguin Cam in our new Splash Zone exhibit galleries at the Monterey Bay Aquarium is back up and running. You can watch (and listen to) the penguin feeding twice a day, or just tune in between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. Pacific time to see what the African blackfooted penguins are doing.