Giant iceberg on crash course with island, putting penguins and seals in danger
The world's largest iceberg is on a collision course with a remote British island, potentially putting penguins and seals in danger. The iceberg is spinning northwards from Antarctica towards South Georgia, a rugged British territory and wildlife haven, where it could ground and smash into pieces. It is currently 173 miles (280km) away.
An ultra-rare all-black penguin has been spotted on South Georgia Island, standing out among its more typical black-and-white ...
including a colony of Gentoo and a colony of King penguins. It must be recalled that HPAI was first detected in the brown skua population on Bird Island, South Georgia in October 2023. Since ...
Likewise, hundreds of thousands of southern elephant seals come to the island each summer to breed and to rear their young. South Georgia's king penguin populations too are soaring. In 1925 ...
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