‘Catastrophic’ Breeding Failures Have Obliterated a Large Emperor Penguin Colony
One of Antarctica ’s large emperor penguin colonies is all but gone following three unprecedented years in which the penguin were n’t able to resurrect chicks . Anew paperpublished today in Antarctic Science describes the disappearing and likely relocation of the Halley Bay emperor penguin dependency — one of the largest colony in Antarctica in terms of population , and secondly only to the Coulman Island dependency in the Ross Sea ....