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The colonies studied represent about 30% of the total emperor penguin population, which lives only in Antarctica. The loss of stable sea ice may be affecting the penguins in ways beyond shrinking ...
The world’s first penguin biologist to study a large colony of the animals up close, George Murray Levick, was marooned in 1911 for almost a year on Cape Adare in Antarctica, the site of the world’s ...
The geopolitical race for the Arctic has become a major talking point for the international media. Antarctica hasn’t ...
The estimated population of 16 penguin colonies — visible in satellite photos taken between 2009 and 2024 — declined 22% during that period.
WASHINGTON — The population of emperor penguins in one part of Antarctica appears to be declining faster than previously thought, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery released Tuesday.
When winter comes to Antarctica, seals and Adélie penguins leave the freezing shores and head for the edge of the forming sea ice. But emperor penguins stay put.
Emperor penguin populations are falling much faster than expected. Ice is melting beneath their chicks before they’re ready.
Emperor penguin populations in Antarctica may be declining faster than the most pessimistic predictions, according to a new analysis of satellite imagery.
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