Heatwaves are the new threat St Kilda’s penguins can’t outswim
Climate-driven heatwaves are a growing risk for St Kilda’s little penguins, an urban colony with a fixed rock wall and nowhere cooler to go.
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Climate-driven heatwaves are a growing risk for St Kilda’s little penguins, an urban colony with a fixed rock wall and nowhere cooler to go.
Home to Melbourne's only little penguin colony, at the St Kilda Pier breakwater. Run in partnership with Earthcare St Kilda, the volunteer group researching and protecting the colony since 1986.
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