This story appears in the September 2009 issue of National Geographic magazine. First comes the Noise, the turbulent din of kingpenguins calling, fighting, courting, like the ultimate ...
Once hunted to the brink of extinction, the thousands of kingpenguins that densely congregate on the remote Possession Island each year now face a new threat: climate change. The birds spend most ...
Kingpenguins breed on many of the sub-Antarctic islands between 45 and 55 degrees South Kingpenguins are in deep trouble if nothing is done to constrain climate change, researchers say.