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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Scientists discover emperor penguin colony in Antarctica using satellite images

Emperor penguins.
The newly-discovered colony brings the total number of known emperor penguin breeding sites around the coastline of Antarctica to 66, the British Antarctic Survey said. Photograph: P Bucktrout/BAS/PA

A newly discovered emperor penguin colony has been seen, using satellite images of one the most remote and inaccessible regions of Antarctica.

The colony, home to about 500 birds, makes a total of 66 known emperor penguin colonies around the coastline of Antarctica, half of which were discovered by space satellites. The climate crisis is posing an existential threat to these colonies, as sea ice is rapidly melting.

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