Peru's Desert Penguins Face Collapse as NOAA Gives a Historic El Niño 75 Percent Odds
Penguins are usually pictured on Antarctic ice, but some of the most threatened colonies live along one of the driest coastlines on Earth. At Punta San Juan, a desert reserve in southern Peru, Humboldt penguins numbered about 3,000 in 2012. By 2025, fewer …