10/18/2026
One of the World’s Largest Chinstrap Penguin Colonies Is Shrinking Fast
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Zavodovski Island, a remote, uninhabited volcanic island between South America and Antarctica, lost 63 percent of its chinstrap penguins between 2011 and 2025, according to a new study
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