After a bad winter in the ocean, female Magellanic penguins suffer most, study shows

Wednesday, November 7, 2018 - 13:30 in Biology & Nature

Every autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, Magellanic penguins leave their coastal nesting sites in South America. For adults, their summer task—breeding, or at least trying to—is complete. Newly fledged chicks and adults gradually head out to sea to spend the winter feeding. They won't return to land until spring.

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