Sentences with phrase «past penguin colonies»

Veteran naturalists such as author Stefan Lundgren lead hikes past penguin colonies, Zodiac land excursions, and kayak tours through ice floes, where you'll spot leopard seals and the occasional orca.

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The techniques developed in this study will help scientists to reconstruct past changes in colony size and potentially predict how other penguin populations may be affected elsewhere.

Both findings suggest that the penguins are less stable with all the added weight — teetering more dramatically, like a person carrying a heavy box — and may explain past observations that heavier birds are more likely to take a tumble on their trek to the breeding colony, the team reports today in PLOS ONE.