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Explore one of the world’s most unique landscapes as you help protect Magellanic Penguins along Argentina’s South Atlantic coast. Uncover the secrets of their ocean behavior and how it impacts their chicks on land.

Penguin colonies are bustling places with adults either disappearing into the ocean to forage for food or returning to feed their chicks. How and where penguins get this food is quite variable and depends on several environmental factors. This foraging behavior is crucial to the species' survival as it can shape the fate of the penguin chicks. Join a team of scientists making cutting-edge use of technology to solve this mystery and gather data that can inform how we work to conserve this beloved bird.

Travel to the rookery—nesting colony—on the dramatic rocky shores of Argentina’s Golfo San Jorge to investigate. Spend your days in a national park, getting up close and personal with penguins in a colony with about 9,000 breeding pairs.

While the land within the national park has government protection, most of the waters off its coast don’t—which is why researchers need to document where these charming birds go and what they do out at sea. With that knowledge, they can understand which parts of the ocean most need protection to keep penguin populations strong.

Volunteers will monitor penguin nests throughout the breeding season, tagging penguins and mapping each nest’s location in the colony. You’ll play a key role in selecting 50 penguin pairs to equip with cutting-edge underwater behavioral recorders, capturing every move these incredible birds make. You’ll also work alongside scientists to uncover how these penguins forage and feed their young, revealing the secrets of their feeding behavior and helping protect their future in the wild.