Posted by: Sandy Steinman | August 12, 2026

Desert Penguins

The Revelator reported

You might not expect to find penguins surrounded by rocks and sand — or heavy industry — but that’s exactly what you’d see in Peru, where voracious demand for fish oil and guano puts the squeeze on shrinking populations of desert-dwelling Humboldt penguins


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