Baby robot penguin fools the real thing, all to protect the species

Penguins are considered a pretty smart species, so don’t tell them they’ve recently been fooled by a four-wheeled rover robot disguised as a baby chick. Since human contact stresses out emperor penguins, a team of international scientists studying in Antarctica recently figured out how to get up-close and personal with a breeding colony without actually going near them at all. See also: Animals Can Experience the Uncanny Valley Studying animals in the wild without disrupting their habitat or...