Antarctica Tourism Could Be Making Penguins Sick

Antarctica remained largely untouched until roughly 200 years ago, and now, more than 10,000 people travel there every year. But tourists bring more than cameras. Scientists are warning that pathogens brought by visitors could threaten the continent’s most iconic inhabitant: the penguin. Isolation has left local wildlife populations particularly vulnerable to diseases commonplace elsewhere in the world.

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