
Antarctic king penguins were once almost hunted to extinction, prized
for their eggs, blubber oil, skin and feathers for food, fuel and clothing.
Today, populations have rebounded to about 2 million breeding pairs. Yet
new research from the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says
that warmer waters in the Southern Ocean may diminish the penguins food supply, eventually killing them.
(Photo courtesy of Dr. Yvon Le Maho)

