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posted by janrinok on Saturday March 03 2018, @09:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the didn't-know-that-we'd-lost-them dept.

Previously Unknown "Supercolony" of Adelie Penguins Discovered in Antarctica

For the past 40 years, the total number of Adélie Penguins, one of the most common on the Antarctic Peninsula, has been steadily declining—or so biologists have thought. A new study led by researchers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), however, is providing new insights on this species of penguin.

In a paper released on March 2nd in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists announced the discovery of a previously unknown "supercolony" of more than 1,500,000 Adélie Penguins in the Danger Islands, a chain of remote, rocky islands off of the Antarctic Peninsula's northern tip.

Also at BBC and Smithsonian.

Multi-modal survey of Adélie penguin mega-colonies reveals the Danger Islands as a seabird hotspot (open, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-22313-w) (DX)


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 04 2018, @04:59PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 04 2018, @04:59PM (#647654)

    You're just jealous because they all have peckers longer than yours.