World's largest king penguin colony has declined by 90%

Number of king penguins on the remote Île aux Cochons has fallen from 2m to 200,000, warn scientistsThe planet’s largest colony of king penguins has declined by nearly 90% in three decades, researchers have warned.The last time scientists set foot on France’s remote Île aux Cochons – roughly half way between the tip of Africa and Antarctica – the island was blanketed by 2m of the penguins, which stand about a metre tall.Continue reading...