King penguins are thriving in the warm Antarctic climate, offering some hope

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King penguins on a subantarctic island are now breeding 19 days earlier than in 2000, and more chicks are surviving the winter, a new study has found. This change has turned ocean warming into a short-term benefit for species that may still lose it. King Penguin on Possession Island On Possession Island, a … Read more

If these whales go extinct, we’ll know who to blame.

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The warm waters of the Gulf of Mexico are home to rice whales, one of the world’s rarest and most elusive marine mammals. According to the latest scientific estimates, only 51 of them remain, meaning they are literally on the verge of extinction. That’s why in 2019, the federal government (then under President Donald Trump’s … Read more