Penguin poop that is visible from space helped a scientist discover four new colonies of emperor penguins — a species threatened by extinction. NBC News reported on Wednesday that the discovery, made ...

Emperor penguins standing on sea ice at the Brunt ice shelf in Antarctica. British Antarctic Survey Rusty-brown streaks of penguin poo seen from space have led to the discovery of eight new colonies ...

This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Satellite images have revealed 11 previously unknown emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, boosting the ...

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Antarctic researchers discovered four new colonies of the near-threatened emperor penguin species via satellite images of the birds' poop Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket/Getty Penguin poop that is ...