While 18 <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/lifestyle/nature-and-wildlife/article/nearly-8000-species-globally-at-threat-of-extinction-before-end-of-century-study-23607472" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">penguin species</a> inhabit the Southern Hemisphere, many occupy remote, rarely visited islands.
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This extreme isolation explains why scientists overlooked a new species &mdash; the southeastern gentoo penguin (Pygoscelis kerguelensis) &mdash; on the Kerguelen Islands, over 3200 km from inhabited land.&nbsp;
Climate change now threatens this species and two gentoo relatives; but the southern gentoo seems to be thriving.
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Climate change now threatens this species and two gentoo relatives; but the southern gentoo seems to be thriving.

Scientists discover new southeastern gentoo penguin species on remote Kerguelen Islands, 3,200 km from inhabited land

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Scientists discover new southeastern gentoo penguin species on remote Kerguelen Islands, 3,200 km from inhabited land

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