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Penguin Chicks Exposed To Human Visitors Experience Spike In Stress Hormone

29th Sep 2005, 13:40 GMT

Newly hatched magellanic penguin chicks in breeding grounds with a large number of human visitors show a significant spike in levels of a stress-related hormone compared to chicks hatched in areas not visited by humans.

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