Emperor penguin colony collapses
Emperor penguins are iconic birds of Antarctica. Yet, a major colony at Halley Bay has failed to breed for the last three years, possibly due to a decline in the sea ice in the Weddell Sea.
Photo: © Samuel Blanc [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)]


Emperor penguins photographed here on the Brunt ice sh (Image: © The British Antarctic Survey)
Halley team/British Antarctic Survey
By Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith - Blue Whale (Balaenoptera musculus), CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=40573659


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