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Antarctic Chinstrap Penguin Colony Falls 63%
Key Takeaways
- Chinstrap breeding pairs on Zavodovski Island fell from about 542,000 in 2011 to 201,000 in 2025.
- Researchers combined a 2023 drone survey with satellite imagery collected at roughly five-year intervals.
- Macaroni penguins increased by more than 28% between 2011 and 2016 and became the island’s most abundant penguin species.
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DT Editorial Team··via phys.org