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Gr 4–7—Markle continues her series of books about efforts to save endangered species, this time focusing on the plight of penguin colonies along the coast of Namibia and South Africa. She deftly incorporates information about the penguins' life cycle into her examination of factors that led to a disastrous population drop from an estimated four million adults in the 1800s to about 50,000 in 2010. Humans removed guano from nesting sites, ate eggs, and overfished feeding areas. Also, warming oceans forced adults to swi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More

The African penguin population has declined over the past centuries due to human actions such as commercial fishing, reducing breeding ranges, and oil...Log In or Sign Up to Read More