Nature

A global population assessment of the Chinstrap penguin (Pygoscelis antarctica)

Using satellite imagery, drone imagery, and ground counts, we have assembled the first comprehensive global population assessment of Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) at 3.42 (95th-percentile ...
Nature

Quantifying Antarctic krill connectivity across the West Antarctic Peninsula and its role in large-scale Pygoscelis penguin population dynamics

Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) are considered a keystone species for higher trophic level predators along the West Antarctic Peninsula (WAP) during the austral summer. The connectivity of krill ...
Phys.org

Scientists split gentoo penguins into four species, one totally new to science

North of the Polar Front, where the water is warmer and saltier, there's now the eastern lineage—Pygoscelis taeniata—on the Crozet, Marion and Macquarie Islands, and the northern lineage—Pygoscelis ...
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Pygoscelis antarctica

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