Antipodes Islands

On the Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific, researchers observed a strange parenting move in erect-crested penguins — laying an egg that’s doomed to die.

Erect-crested penguins in the harsh Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific lay an egg that’s doomed to die.

Erect-crested penguins that inhabit the harsh Antipodes Islands in the South Pacific have a strange parenting move — laying an egg that’s doomed to die.

To describe the penguins’ native Antipodes Islands and nearby Bounty Islands as harsh would be an understatement almost as severe as the landscape itself.

The research team arrived at the Antipodes Islands in September 1998 and stayed through the breeding season until November.