2-Mar-2018: Previously unknown 'super colony' of Adélie 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 of 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 "super colony" 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.