Image of the Day: World Penguin Day

Emperor penguins are among the largest birds in the world. Approximately 595,000 of them live in Antarctica.

The Scientist Staff

Apr 24, 2017

(See P.T. Fretwell et al., “An emperor penguin population estimate: the first global, synoptic survey of a species from space,” PLOS One, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0033751, 2012.)

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