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Chinstrap penguins on Zavodovski Island in Antarctica down by two-thirds since 2011, probably due to climate crisis
The population of chinstrap penguins on the volcanic island of Zavodovski in the South Atlantic has declined sharply. Scientists link the drop to rising ocean temperatures and declining krill avail
New research shows that a remote, uninhabited volcanic island has lost over half a million chinstrap penguins in 15 years to warming seas—stripping the outcrop of its title as the largest penguin colony on Earth.