King Penguins' Genes Explain Ancient Island-Hopping

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 - 18:40 in Earth & Climate

As the glaciers melted about 15,000 years ago, warmer weather and ice-free conditions allowed king penguins to colonize the string of islands north of Antarctica, a new genetic study has found.

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