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 | 1 min read

(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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