On an expedition to an icy island chain off the Antarctic Peninsula's northern tip, researchers discovered a massive supercolony of more than 1.5 million Adélie penguins, according to a study published March 2 in Scientific Reports. (sciencenews.org)
EVERY PENGUIN COUNTS Researchers did a preliminary head count of Adélie penguins in the newly discovered supercolony, and then spent about a year analyzing drone footage such as this to get a better count of penguins nesting in the area. (sciencenews.org)
Living in supercolonies that cooperate, they have devastated all manner of insects on several continents. (sciencemag.org)