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Tuesday, July 31, 2018

Largest king penguin colony has shrunk nearly 90%

The world's biggest colony of king penguins is found in the National Nature Reserve of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands (TAAF). Using high-resolution satellite images, researchers have detected a massive 88 percent reduction in the size of the penguin colony, located on Île aux Cochons, in the Îles Crozet archipelago. The causes of the colony's collapse remain a mystery but may be environmental.

from Latest Science News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2LARp7K

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