Significant decline of endangered Antipodes Island penguins: Is extreme weather an additional impact?

Worldwide, most crested penguin species ( Eudyptes spp.) are in decline. New Zealand's subantarctic Antipodes Islands are of international significance for erect‐crested ( E udyptes sclateri ) and rockhopper ( E udyptes filholi ) penguins. Between 1995 and 2011, a 23% decline was recorded in the two penguin species on the Antipodes Islands. In October 2014, nest abundance counts on Antipodes Island were undertaken to determine if this decline...