Zavodovski, a volcanic island in Antarctica, is silently witnessing a shift in the local ecosystem. Known as home to the world's largest penguin colony, this island has long been under the watchful ...
In 2000, a doctoral student from Stony Brook University reported that chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarcticus) on the Antarctica peninsula were on the decline. But without solid baseline numbers ...
Scientists have discovered the staggering loss of over half a million chinstrap penguins from an uninhabited volcanic island in the Southern Ocean.
Researchers say warming waters due to climate change have pushed the penguins’ main food source out of reach ...