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An Antarctic petrel

Freak storms stopped tens of thousands of birds breeding in Antarctica

13 March 2023

Huge snowstorms between December 2021 and January 2022 made Antarctic petrels, snow petrels and south polar skuas abandon attempts at nesting and return to sea
Adelie penguins

Let's hope chickless penguin colony can come back from the brink

22 November 2017

Last season, a huge colony of Adélie penguins saw just two young survive. As they gather to breed again, a repeat would be alarming, says Olive Heffernan

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