Can't a Penguin Get a Little Privacy?

You’ve got to love a headline that reads “Penguin poo visible from space.” Don’t you?

This article explains how satellites watching Antarctica are able to photograph “giant red-brown stains” on the ice.

This is a clue that there are penguins down there! It also means that scientists can track the penguins’ locations by their poo. (So much for privacy!)

Researcher Peter Fretwell said, “Emperor penguins are quite big birds and it gets quite messy and very smelly. Sometimes I think remote sensing is the best way to monitor them as you really don't want to get too close.”