Iceberg A-23A, the world’s oldest and largest (about the size of Rhode Island), may hit South Georgia Island, home to vulnerable penguins and seabirds.

In 2020, it began to journey toward South Georgia. As the island is home to a plethora of biodiverse species, South Georgia’s future was in question as A23a barreled toward it for almost five years.

The world's largest and oldest iceberg, named A23a, has run aground in shallow waters off the coast of South Georgia, a remote island in the South Atlantic known for its populations of penguins ...

A23a, arguably the world’s largest and oldest iceberg which has been wandering through the South Atlantic and headed for the British Overseas Territory of the South Georgia Islands since last ...

Yves said: 'I don't believe anyone has seen this all black penguin before. 'The season has only just started on South Georgia, we were only the third boat to land there.

An ultra-rare all-black penguin has been spotted on South Georgia Island, standing out among its more typical black-and-white buddies by bucking the tuxedo trend with an entirely black body ...

The trillion-ton slab of ice — called a megaberg — could slam into South Georgia Island, making it hard for penguin parents to feed their babies and some young could even starve.

An iceberg seen on NASA’s Aqua satellite, known as A23a, center, is visible as it heads toward South Georgia Island, top, on Jan. 15, 2025, off the coast of Antarctica.

A23a's collision with South Georgia is not guaranteed, but the iceberg's trajectory suggests it could soon loom on the island's horizon. If it grounds or breaks apart, its impact on the region's ...

Suited and booted: King penguins congregate on South Georgia (Getty/iStock) “One cannot be angry when one looks at a penguin,” wrote the English essayist John Ruskin in 1860. And he was right.