There are many types of penguins in Patagonia. Threatened by the climate crisis and pollution, conservationists are hard at work protecting these adorable waddlers. PatagoniaCNN airs Sunday at 9 p.m. ET/PT
The new docuseries"Patagonia: Life on the Edge of the World" explores one of the wildest places on Earth. Catch the latest episode at 9 p.m. ET/PT Sunday on CNN. There's just something about penguins -- and for the scientists and conservationists who work with Patagonia's flightless marine birds, it's usually love at first sight.
Marine biologist Andrea Raya Rey decided on her career at age 10. As an animal lover who wanted to study the unique behaviors of creatures, she would find herself staring out at the sea for hours on end, watching dolphins frolic in the waves through her binoculars.As an undergraduate student, she began studying dolphins in the wild and in the far south region of Argentina, she also found seabirds.
The mysterious diet of leopard seals 02:49Penguins come on land to breed and nest, but they also spend a lot of time in the ocean, foraging for food. Rey has studied their swimming behaviors, like where penguins go to forage and what they feed on, as well as the demographics of penguin populations. Together, this data creates parameters to help biologists understand how penguins are reacting to the changing environment around them.
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