Ice Kills Penguin Chicks
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HOBART, Australia — Australian scientists Friday reported finding hundreds of dead Emperor penguin chicks in Antarctica, apparently killed by shifting ice. They found 600 chicks, none more than 5 weeks old, and scores of crushed eggs at a breeding ground 40 miles north of Australia’s Mawson station.
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