Poop-encrusted rocks reveal penguin supercolony in Antarctica | Science News

Scientists have found a penguin supercolony living on tiny, remote Antarctic islands. It was the guano that gave the birds away. Researchers did a preliminary head count of Adélie penguins in the newly discovered supercolony, and then spent about a year analyzing drone footage (such as the first clip in the video above) to get a better count of penguins nesting in the area. Read more: https://www.sciencenews.org/blog/science-ticker/penguin-supercolony-discovered-antarctica Video: Thomas Sayre-McChord, Hanumant Singh/Northeastern University, © Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Tom Hart/Oxford University, Penguinwatch