Two penguin populations in western Antarctica were nearly halved over the last 30 years. The decline is attributed to the fall in the abundance of krill, penguins’ main food source.
According to new research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, levels of krill have fallen 80 percent over the course of the study, which began in 1986.
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