Paris, France, Oct 7, 2026 (AFP) - Climate change strips island's title of largest penguin colony: study

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2026-10-07

A remote island near Antarctica is no longer home to the world's largest penguin colony as climate-driven changes to ocean food chains likely devastated its once-thriving inhabitants, a new study said Wednesday. Drone and satellite images showed that the volcanic island of Zavodovski lost more than 680,000 -- or two-thirds -- of its chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, according to the British Antarctic Survey (BAS). "That's a very rapid los......

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