With a vast portion of the U.S. experiencing record high heat indexes, climate change is taking a toll on many other parts of the world as well, with a deadly impact on humans and animals alike.
Graeme Taylor, principal science adviser at the New Zealand Department of Conservation, recently spoke to NBC News about recent "mass die-offs" of the flightless little blue penguin, which is native to that area. According to Taylor, hundreds of the birds have washed up dead on New Zealand beaches since May.
