Penguins living off the coast of South Africa have likely starved to death en masse during their molting season as a result ...

A distinct odor of dead fish, guano, and earthy sea lingers in the air. Loud braying punctuates conversations. At the South African Foundation for the Conservation of Coastal Birds (SANCCOB) in Cape ...

Researchers in South Africa are looking for a way to save the African Penguin (Spheniscus demersus) from extinction while balancing the needs of the fishing industry. At the turn of the 20th century, ...

Baltimore, MD (WHTM) The Maryland Zoo in Baltimore has the largest population of African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) in North America – and it just got bigger. The Zoo announced on November 6 that ...

African penguins are running out of room to hunt. As industrial fishing fleets sweep through the same coastal waters, the birds are being forced into direct competition for the last dense pockets of ...

Off the coast of Cape Town, Robben Island is home to African penguins, whose future is by no means assured. Ariadne Van Zandbergen / Africa Imagery Of the world’s 17 penguin species, perhaps the most ...

South Africa’s new environment minister is calling for an out-of-court settlement with conservation groups that earlier this year filed a case against his predecessor for not doing enough to protect ...

Everything we thought we knew about penguins is wrong. They don’t come from the Arctic. They are not soft and cuddly, and they don’t necessarily mate for life. Actually, they are in big trouble. In ...

The critically endangered African penguin has several predators to fear, including gulls, seals and sharks at sea, and leopards, caracals, domestic dogs and mongoose on land. A recent study has now ...