NASA satellites help discover super-colony of Adelie penguins in Antarctica Danger Islands

Wednesday, March 7th 2018 - 09:16 UTC

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A thriving “hotspot” of 1.5 million Adelie penguins, a species fast declining in parts of the world, has been discovered on remote islands off the Antarctic Peninsula, surprised scientists. The first bird census of the Danger Islands unearthed over 750,000 Adelie breeding pairs, more than the rest of the area combined, the team reported in the journal Scientific Reports. Read full article

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Our favourite Penguins. Always busy, busy, busy…. Pink Krill stains are the clue.
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