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.
Apr 24, 2017
FLICKR, CHRISTOPHER MICHEL
(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.
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