that is where abc's jeffrey kofman caught up with her. >> reporter: these penguins are just back from trip. >> they're coming back to feed their chicks. >> reporter: the newest members of the largest colony of magellanic penguins in the world. >> that's the greeting. hi, honey, i'm home. >> reporter: in the 27 years she's been coming here, university of washington biologist dee boersma has banded 60,000 penguins and she knows the most intimate things about them. >> some pairs have stayed together 16 years. that's really high fidelity. >> reporter: we're on the sparsely populated southern edge of south america, one of the most pristine places on the planet. yet even here, penguins are in peril from overfishing, oil spills, and yes, rising ocean temperatures. and who wore this? >> this guy right in here. >> reporter: using satellite tracking, boersma has discovered penguins that were swimming 100 miles to fill their bellies with fish 10 years ago are now traveling an extra 25 miles. why are they going further? >> the food's just not here. part of that is probably climate change. it chan