A previously unknown ‘supercolony’ of 1.5 million penguins has been discovered in Antarctica

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• A previously unknown ‘supercolony’ of penguins has been discovered in the remote Danger Islands of Antarctica.
• Scientists had previously feared that the Adélie penguins’ numbers had been in decline because of climate change.
• In total there were 751,527 pairs of penguins living on the islands – more than the rest of the Antarctic Peninsula combined.

A previously unknown “supercolony” of Adélie penguins has been discovered in the Antarctic, easing fears their numbers had been in decline for decades due to climate change.

The thriving colony inhabits the remote Danger Islands, where the effects of both climate change and human activity are less pronounced than in other parts of Antarctica.

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