The world’s largest king penguin colony has shrunk nearly 90 percent since the 1980s, research suggests. The colony lies on the France’s uninhabited Île aux Cochons between Africa and Antarctica in the Indian Ocean. Researchers said there was no clear reason for the decline. The paper said that only 60,000 penguin pairs remain in photos taken in 2015 and 2017, down from half a million pairs recorded in the 1980s.
King Penguins
The King penguin is a large species of penguin, second only to the emperor penguin in size.
King penguins eat small fish, mainly lanternfish, squid and krill.King penguins repeatedly dive to over 100 metres, and have been recorded at depths greater than 300 metres.
King penguins breed on the subantarctic islands at the northern reaches of Antarctica, South Georgia, and other temperate islands of the region.