In October 2024, the African penguin became the first penguin species in the world to be listed as critically endangered by ...

As African penguin numbers plummet, SANCCOB’s crucial work reveals the urgent need for conservation and stronger protections ...

African colonies in danger of collapse as fishing fleets and climate change threaten their sardine and anchovy diet ...

The African Penguin has been uplisted to Critically Endangered, with its population plummeting by 97% over the last century.

Economic asset According to a new report released just a week before Monday's announcement, the African Penguin is a significant economic asset possibly worth billions to South Africa's tourism ...

The population of the seabirds, found in South Africa and Namibia, has plummeted from nearly one million breeding pairs in ...

Researchers assessed artificial nests made from four different materials to see which would help boost the population of endangered African penguins the most.

In the mid-1950s, there were an estimated 141,000 breeding pairs of African penguins, or 282,000 mature individuals, mostly on small islands off the coasts of Namibia and South Africa. By 2023 ...

European sailors, upon seeing the great auks of the North Atlantic, dubbed them "penguins" due to their resemblance to the ...

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 ...

The first season of drama series The Penguin came to an end on Monday and it’s in the eighth and final episode where the love ...

African Penguins come from Africa, with colonies in South Africa and Namibia. The species breeds in the spring and summer; because the seasons are reversed in the southern hemisphere, they’re ...