| 22 July 2010

Photo: Flickr, CC On the Average Year, Only About 10 Dead Penguins are Found in that Area Over just the past 10 days, around 500 dead penguins have washed up on beaches in the Sao Paolo state of Brazil. What killed the black-and-white birds is still a mystery, though the autopsy of some of the dead birds has revealed empty stomachs, meaning that starvation could be the cause of death. But if that's the case, what is the cause of the starvation? The plot thickens. Read on for more details.... Read the full story on TreeHugger