QUICK FACT: On current trends, it could be extinct in the wild by 2035.

THREATS: Food scarcity, oiling, noise, predation, disease, and extreme weather made worse by climate change.

IMPORTANCE: Transfers ocean nutrients to colonies, shaping nearby coastal ecosystems and food webs.

Photo credit: Bernard Dupont

QUICK FACT: On current trends, it could be extinct in the wild by 2035.

THREATS: Food scarcity, oiling, noise, predation, disease, and extreme weather made worse by climate change.

IMPORTANCE: Transfers ocean nutrients to colonies, shaping nearby coastal ecosystems and food webs.

Photo credit: Bernard Dupont