An oil spill off the South Atlantic island of Nightingale has put nearly half of the world's population of endangered northern rockhopper penguins ( Eudyptes moseleyi ) at risk. The Maltese-registered ship MS Olivia ran aground on Nightingale Island on March 16. The New York Times reported Wednesday that more than 725 metric tons of fuel oil--half the cargo--had already leaked from the ship, surrounding the island in an 13-kilometer-wide oil slick.
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