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Climate change encourages Australia's penguins to have more sex

Phillip Island Nature Park, Phillip Island, VIC
Zwergpinguine des Phillip Island Nature Parks. Credit: Phillip Island Nature Park

Scientists in Victoria report that global warming has caused the little penguins on Phillip Island to breed significantly more than normal. The penguin colony there has now swelled to over 40,000 animals. But not all penguin species are doing so well right now.


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By Barbara Barkhausen

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Scientists in Victoria report that global warming has caused the little penguins on Phillip Island to breed significantly more than normal. The penguin colony there has now swelled to over 40,000 animals. But not all penguin species are doing so well right now.



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