1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.auJessica Boddyhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/jessicaboddy-usa/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="eRSQYNT7r1"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/08/the-worlds-largest-king-penguin-colony-is-catastrophically-shrinking-and-we-dont-know-why/">The World’s Largest King Penguin Colony Is Catastrophically Shrinking, And We Don’t Know Why</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2018/08/the-worlds-largest-king-penguin-colony-is-catastrophically-shrinking-and-we-dont-know-why/embed/#?secret=eRSQYNT7r1" width="600" height="338" title="“The World’s Largest King Penguin Colony Is Catastrophically Shrinking, And We Don’t Know Why” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="eRSQYNT7r1" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://gizmodo.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/01/clhw6evsi5shbvw0elpn-scaled.jpg?quality=7525601441The last time scientists visited Ile aux Cochons in 1982, an island that is part of an archipelago in the southern Indian Ocean, the king penguin population was booming. Over 500,000 breeding pairs (around two million penguins total) huddled together there, making the island the largest king penguin colony in the world. But new research […]