Wildlife Conservation Society biologist P. Dee Boersma has been studying Magellanic penguins in, Argentina for twenty-five years through The Penguin Project. Recently dubbed the Jane Goodall of penguins, she has documented a 22 percent decline in the Punto Tombo colony since 1987. This and other similar reports of declines across the Southern Hemisphere have resulted in the IUCN giving the Magellanic and eleven other of a total of seventeen species of penguins the status of “near threatened.” Changes in the availability and abundance of prey due to both climate change and exploitation of the Magellanic’s food sources are at the root of its problems.
P. Dee Boersma’s Penguin Project can benefit greatly from your concern and interest. Field research in such far-off places is challenging and expensive. You can show penguins a little love by donating and supporting her research.
